County Chair Deborah Kafoury vows health approach to gun violence March 05 2021
Yearly state of the county address suggests ambitions for more vigorous efforts on racism and climate change.
The head of Multnomah County s government on Friday, March 5, said the county is positioned to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic while deploying its public health division to tackle other issues as well.
Chair Deborah Kafoury provided a virtual version of the yearly State of the County address, hosted by City Club of Portland, which was broken into different parts, including guest videos prepared by her four fellow commissioners as well as a Q-and-A with Kafoury s close ally and county-funded contractor, Central City Concern president and CEO Dr. Rachel Solotaroff.
Early Prineville businessman and civic leader March 06 2021
William B. Morse, who came to the community in 1909, also served as mayor, chamber president, judge and legislator
William Britton Morse was born March 23, 1886, in Burlington, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State Normal School and taught a year in Kansas before moving to Portland in 1906. He attended business college in Portland.
He came to Prineville in 1909 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Collins-Elkins Mercantile store. He also farmed along McKay Creek from 1913 to 1926. He purchased the Prineville Warehouse company in 1926. He began to expand his business presence by establishing the Morse Lumber company and the Redmond Potato Company.
Texas Attorney General Sues Griddy for False Advertising in Wake of Winter Storm Price Hikes
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Griddy, the Texas power supplier that’s made headlines recently for customers’ sky-high energy bills in the wake of widespread winter storm outages, has racked up another lawsuit. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the companyfor “false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices” that he claims deceived customers with promises of cheap, “wholesale” energy prices.
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Griddy offers customers what it claims are “wholesale rates” for electricity with rates per kilowatt-hour tied to market prices, as opposed to the kind of fixed-rate plans provided by other retailers. The advantage is customers save a few extra bucks when energy is cheap. The disadvantage though, as many Texans are unfortunately finding out, is that these variable rates can skyrocket to as much as $9,000 per megawatt-hour when demand s