New rules for Oregon Promise grant (Bend Bulletin, 9/22/2017)
Fact sheet : Oregon Promise legislative changes for 2017-19 (2017) Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
Oregon audits
Dennis Richardson puts promised audits on back burner (Oregonian, 9/19/17)
Newsletter from Dennis (serial) Oregon Secretary of State
Audit plan (serial) Oregon Secretary of State, Audits Division
Lane County employment situation
Lane County’s unemployment rate rose to 4.7 percent in August (Register Guard, 9/20/17)
Employment in Lane County (Eugene MSA) (monthly) Oregon Employment Department
Rapid flash beacons
ODOT provides primer on rapid flash beacons (East Oregonian, 9/19/17)
Rapid flash beacons (RFB) [PDF] (2014) Oregon Department of Transportation
Adaptive telecommunications devices
Since You Asked: State can provide phone for hearing impaired (Mail Tribune, 9/20/2017)
Oregon TDAP : Telecommunication Devices Access Program (2013) Public Utility Commission of Oregon
Central Oregon employment situation
Central Oregon unemployment rates rise as job seekers enter market (Bend Bulletin, 9/19/2017)
Employment in Central Oregon (monthly) Oregon Employment Department
New distracted driving law
Oregon cellphone, distracted driving law brings bigger fines, jail time (Statesman Journal, 9/18/2017)
What You Should Know About Oregon’s New Distracted Driving Law (OPB, 9/19/2017)
Holding a phone while driving means big fines starting Oct. 1 (East Oregonian, 9/19/2017)
Oregon House Bill 2597 : distracted driving fact sheet (2017) Oregon Department of Transportation
