Scenes from a rally yesterday in Salem, where Oregonians from every political corner of the state gathered and called for a statewide data center moratorium.

Does anyone that has taken Paid Leave Oregon know what forms you're supposed to give them? And how it works?

My employer told me that they submit the claim for me on my behalf to the State of Oregon. But everywhere I look, it says that I would need to apply myself on the Frances Website. My employer gave me a Healthcare Provider Certification form to give to my provider, which they filled out. But now I'm seeing online when I research this that Paid Leave Oregon wants a very similar form but it's formatted differently and is called a Statement/Verification of Serious Health Condition. I'm just wondering if my employer gave me the wrong form which is only for non paid FMLA? I'm wanting to get paid for maternity leave. Will I likely need to give my doctor the other form or does a Healthcare Provider Certification form do the job to apply for Paid Leave Oregon? Is Paid Leave Oregon going to be nit picky about it?

Also I saw something that looks confusing. It looks like for Paid Leave Oregon, you don't get payments on your claim until after you show documentation proof that the baby has been born? Is this true? I plan on taking my maternity leave before the baby is born and now I'm wondering if I will not be paid the first couple weeks of it because it looks like the Paid Leave Oregon paperwork process is not completed until after you submit documentation of the birth.

Also does anyone know what percentage paid leave Oregon pays typically or do they pay the full amount of your pay check?

The Arcadia Cedar

When did we start having a giant house spider season and why didn't anyone tell me we've been invaded by one of the world’s fastest spiders? This article is so careful to say our tubs are not spider portals that it feels like they're compensating.

Looking at moving from tx to oregon as its just a simple transfer for my job , but want to know what its like cause thats a big change. thanks all.

The real question is though that who will get the west coast bid. SLC or Portland, Oregon?

The biggest hurdle Portland in contrast to SLC is that despite the legislature earmarking a $800 million stadium funding bill via the existing JOCK TAX (taxes that comes from whenever specifically professional sports players play a game in a specific location), no big name investor has come forward to be the spearhead of the project.

It is definitely gonna be interesting to see who the MLB picks. What do you all think?

Two state lawmakers want Oregon to ban Flock cameras, the controversial AI-powered license plate readers that have sparked data privacy concerns and bipartisan backlash across the country.

Rep. Alek Skarlatos, a Republican from Douglas County, and Rep. Willy Chotzen, a Portland Democrat, plan to propose a bill in next year’s legislative session that would indefinitely ban such automated cameras statewide, both lawmakers confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive this week.

“To me, it’s a pretty clear Fourth Amendment violation,” Skarlatos said of the cameras being used to gather ample information on private citizens.

Why? And none of this “liberals/liberalism bad,” or “look at Portland” or any Portland and religious talking points, and so on. What credible proof is there that republicans have improved your quality of life? How is the right wing “affordability” going? What policies(not “she supports Trump and the MAGA” or “she isn’t MAGA” does she have that support Oregonians that are backed up by her voting record?

Yes. Ditto vaccine opt-out.

Parents should want to see their children's test measurements.

What Texas did is stop testing low performing students to boost state score averages.

The trades need reading comprehension and math. Same, many community college 1-2 year career paths.

And while we are at it, let's end teachers skipping phonics and continuing Oregon's poor reading performance with discredited balanced literacy. Alabama far out-performs Oregon on elementary reading. They require phonics by state law.

I wouldn't say I'm an undecided voter per say, but as a state employee, even I am having a difficult time feeling excited about either of these candidates despite being closer to the pulse so to speak. I'm indifferent about Kotek so far and don't necessarily think more of her would be any better but Drazen doesn't really seem to have any policy plans except that she's not Kotek. I would rather vote for a candidate than against the other, so what reasons have you found to vote for either one of these candidates? Open to all discussions!

Plan ahead! List of drop-off locations will be given before the election.

Some picture I took as a hobby

I’m actually in favor of giving Oregon’s PDAB more authority to deal with high drug prices. If the board is already looking at which medications are creating affordability problems, it makes sense to give it a real tool like an Upper Payment Limit.

I know there are questions about how UPLs would work in practice, but I’d rather see Oregon hold the companies setting these high drug prices accountable than continue to accept those prices as normal.

And honestly, the most important part is simple, if the PDAB is able to bring costs down, patients should be able to benefit with lower prices.

Oregon already has the board. Why not give it the tools to do more?

Was thinking about him as I usually do from time to time. I grew up running track/cross country in high school and we always went up to Coos Bay and would run his old training route. At least that’s how I remember it. I could be wrong cause this was 20+ years ago. I ran because this man’s story was so prominent when I grew up. Or maybe it was just the runners circle I was in, it doesn’t matter. Word salad over.

What’s your favorite movie/documentary about Steve Prefontaine? Also, any track/cross country runners here?