Portland lawmakers will bring ‘sit-lie’ debate back to Oregon Legislature
Portland lawmakers plan to present a bill at the February legislative session that could spark another debate over the city’s homelessness and panhandling.
Study reports Oregon private college presidents relatively underpaid at $350K to $500K
According to a study done by the Chronicle of Higher Ed, Oregon’s private college presidents are underpaid when compared to their counterparts.
Cover Oregon hires programming code specialists to double-check Oracle’s work
Cover Oregon is hiring outside experts to ensure Oracle Corp. programmers are not also adding new bugs while working to fix the state’s health insurance website.
Southwest Airlines to provide nonstop flights between PDX and San Diego, Chicago and more
Southwest Airlines announced six new round-trip flights after the airline extended its schedule through June 30.
Beloved Portland cupcake shop to close at the end of December
According to employees at the West End Saint Cupcake, the store at 1138 SW Morrison will permanently close on December 31 and will be replaced by a Portland Creamery.
Portland coffee company employs adults with disabilities
Happy Cup Coffee Company in Northeast Portland provides jobs to adults with developmental disabilities.
Mulitivitamins are useless
CNN: The journal Annals of Internal Medicine says that using supplements and multivitamins to prevent chronic conditions is a waste of money.
Facebook tops 2013 google searches
BBC: The social networking site beat the search company’s own YouTube video service to the top spot.
The promise and pitfalls of eHealth
Oregon Health & Science University recently formed a partnership with Epic Systems Corp., one of the top makers of electronic medical record software. I talked about the future of “eHealth” with Dr. Aaron Cohen, an associate professor who directs commercial partnerships and collaboration for OHSU’s Informatics Discovery Lab.
Mega Millions jackpot could reach $1B
CNN: The Mega Millions jackpot payout could reach $1 billion by Christmas.