more than a decade later. Because of the exemption from the federal ban, Oregon already had legal authorization to begin taking bets, meaning the legislature wasn’t required to take any further action. The state lottery, which had run Sports Action, also had a basis to conduct sports ...
posted on: October 2, 2023 Blog Posts In 2021, the Oregon Legislature adopted House Bill 2970, clarifying the scope of practice for estheticians. Since then, the Board of Cosmetology and the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians worked collaboratively to define the term “device.” Now, ...
Nnow their kids’ friends can’t toilet paper the house without everyone knowing who did it. I think of the (harmless, I swear) pranks of old (e.g., TP-ing a friend’s house; playing ding-dong ditch), as well as acts of intrigue and kindness (leaving May flowers and notes on th...
former chair of the wildlife commission. He said the contests were “antithetical to the concepts of sportsmanship and fair chase.” He also testified to the state Legislature in 2019 supporting a proposed ban, which didn’t make it out of theHouse Committee...
Courtney served 38 years in the Legislature, including stints in the House and Senate. He spent 20 years in the powerful role of Senate president, starting in 2003, and maintained control until he retired in January 2023. Courtney was long one of the more captivating, animated and mercurial...
The Power of Teamworkis a concept that plays a crucial role in the services we provide to our communities. To be successful requires a team effort in the fire service—on the fireground, in the board room, in the district office, and at the state legislature. ...
October 3, 2023 Politics, Sports The owners of the Hillsboro Hops want the legislature to help build a new home for the team they own. Read More Wetlands, trees, and community participation are under new legal threat October 3, 2023 Community Involvement, Development, The Nature of Cedar...
State legislatures impose those restrictions as safeguards — to balance the rights of patients seeking aid in dying with a legislative imperative not to pass laws that are harmful to anyone, said Peg Sandeen, CEO of the groupDeath With Dignity. Like many aid-in-dying advocates, however, she...
3.) He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodationof large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the rightof representation in the legislature; a right inestimable to them and formidableto tyrants only. 3.) Here the king try's to keep any opposition tohis rule ...
one of the two houses of thelegislature(Congress) of theUnited States, established in 1789 under theConstitution. Each state elects two senators for six-year terms. The terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nickname “the house that...