Employment

The Trump administration continues to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but that is complicating some federal funding for tribes in the Northwest.

Hanna Miller was a natural resource specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson announced that all city managers and supervisors must return to working in office full time this spring.

Wells Fargo will soon lay off hundreds of employees in Hillsboro and Salem. Though headquartered in San Francisco, its global operations business has offices in Hillsboro, Portland and Salem, all expected to shut down by the end of 2025.

The vote comes amid the state’s plans to shut down two group homes for disabled people.

Administrators are urged to look at alternative measures to make up for Portland State University’s $18 million budget gap.

WorkSource Oregon Reentry looks to relieve one of the most stressful parts of leaving prison by bringing job training and employment services inside correctional facilities.

Parents in the Evergreen State are running into problems finding and affording child care, and a new report estimates it’s costing the state’s economy billions of dollars annually.

For students pursuing career and technical degrees at community colleges, math can sometimes be the barrier to finishing their program. We'll hear from a reporter to learn more on how some Oregon colleges are using a new approach to teach students math.

Oregon has lots of jobs. And they are especially abundant in Oregon’s health care, manufacturing and child care industries. But the workforce to fill these jobs is lagging and employers — businesses, community organizations, higher education institutions and state agencies — will have to work together to shore up the state’s worker shortage.