Date: 09/18/2014 09:29 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/242
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Republican Senate candidate Monica Wehby is blaming former staff members for policy briefs on her website that appeared to be copied from other conservatives. Wehby’s campaign took down the entire issues section of her website yesterday. Wehby says the people responsible for the site no longer work for the campaign.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – State officials say a change in federal rules will likely force a major overhaul of Oregon’s groundbreaking system for providing publicly funded caregivers to the elderly and disabled. Rules adopted last year extend minimum wage and overtime requirements to 20,000 home care workers paid through the state’s Medicaid program.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The state Bureau of Labor and Industries says more than 140,000 Oregon workers will get a pay raise when the minimum wage goes up by 15 cents an hour on January 1. The increase to $9.25 an hour will give Oregon the second-highest minimum wage in the nation, behind only Washington.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Lincoln County health officials say they found no trace of E. coli bacteria in a county restaurant as they investigate a deadly outbreak. The Oregonian reports that relatives of a 4-year-old girl who died of an E. coli infection say she at a sandwich at the restaurant over the Labor Day weekend. Officials have said they don’t expect to be able to determine exactly what made the children sick.
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