Over the past six months, records turned over by the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries—the state agency that holds Oregon employers accountable to their workers—show that its former head, now-U.S. Rep.
Author: Sophie Peel
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Sen. Kate Lieber Won’t Run for Attorney General
Oregon state Sen.
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BOLI Fired a Top Agency Director After Colleagues Perceived Her Memorable Remarks as Threatening
The latest evidence of dysfunction at the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries under former agency head and now U.S. Rep.