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High Desert Green Industry Conference

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The High Desert Green Industry Conference will be Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 11-12, at the Deschutes Fair & Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond, Ore. The event is for green industry professionals who supply, design, maintain or manage landscapes. About 250 people are expected to attend. There will be a trade show featuring products, equipment and […]

No match rule implementation delayed until 2009

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A U.S. Circuit Court judge has issued rulings that, in effect, mean there will be no enforcement of the Social Security No Match Rule until the first quarter of 2009, at the earliest. Employment law attorney Ron Guerra of Jordan Schrader Ramis P.C. has a complete analysis.

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Perceptions of produce

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The United Fresh Produce Association has a new survey out, and although nurseries are mentioned nowhere in it, it still should be of great interest to retail and wholesale growers. The survey talks about consumer perceptions of fresh produce. It found that 90 percent of consumers are concerned about the safety of said produce, and […]

A different kind of species act

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Everyone has heard of the Endangered Species Act. But Lisa DeBruyckere, writing an op-ed piece in the Salem Statesman-Journal, has something different in mind: Idaho has done something about invasive species. It recently passed an Invasive Species Act that provides as much as $5 million of legislatively authorized emergency funding to respond to new invasions. […]

Getting somewhere, pt. 2

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The Oregon Association of Nurseries has issued a statement concerning Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed Jobs and Transportation Act. Read it here.

Getting somewhere with transportation

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The big news today is that Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski introduced a proposed new transportation package which would raise upwards of $500 million per year, over the next five years, for highways, bridges, county roads, local streets and transit projects. This is something that Oregon business groups, tired of congested roadways, have long been requesting. […]

Immigration forum in Klamath Falls

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The Coalition for a Working Oregon and the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce will hold a forum highlighting the economic impact of immigration laws on local businesses from 9-10 a.m. this Friday, Nov. 14, at the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce, 203 Riverside Dr., Klamath Falls, Ore. (directions): Jeff Stone with the Oregon Association of […]

Oregonian: No clapping for traps

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The Oregonian‘s Editorial Board makes a case for comprehensive immigration reform, as opposed to the approach Columbia County, Ore. voters took last week: Recognizing the reality (of 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States) would mean strengthening border security and employer sanctions, yes — and the Bush administration has begun that process. But […]

Death metal

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Metal thefts have been a longstanding concern for nursery operators, who must guard against having their irrigation pipe and other equipment stolen by meth-addled thieves who then sell the scrap to feed their habits. Said tweakers have also targeted building contractors (by stealing appliances and ripping wire right out of the sheetrock of unfinished homes), […]