Oregon

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22996368

The proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered on Tuesday after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the merger.

U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger Tuesday after holding a three-week hearing in Portland, Oregon.

Later Tuesday, Judge Marshall Ferguson in Seattle issued a permanent injunction barring the merger in Washington after concluding that it would lessen competition in the state.

Kroger and Albertsons in 2022 proposed what would be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history. But the Federal Trade Commission sued earlier this year, asking Nelson to block the $24.6 billion deal until an in-house administrative judge at the FTC could consider the merger’s implications.

Nelson agreed to pause the merger.

The tiny town of Antelope – population 37 – has become the first city in Oregon to receive a “Dark Sky Community” certification from DarkSky International.

Located in rural Wasco County in the north central part of the state, the town’s unofficial motto is, “Where you can see the Milky Way from Main Street.”

Posted in Oregon because of how many folks we served during the Pandemic.

Idaho already bans almost all forms of abortion. In 2023, Idaho became the first state to create a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” which seeks to prevent people from helping minors obtain abortions in neighboring states where the procedure remains legal. Since then, lawmakers in at least five other states have introduced copycat bills. Tennessee enacted its own “abortion trafficking” ban earlier this year. Abortion rights advocates have also sued to block that ban. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the law while the issue is litigated.

Thanks, DeJoy & Trump!

Measure 117 would change the voting system from first-past-the-post to ranked-choice instant-runoff voting for presidential, state executive offices, and Congress.

I believe it doesn't go far enough. They should have it for Legislative Assembly elections as well. That being said, I'm still going to vote for it and tell all my friends and family to do the same.

OPB posted this two days ago and it has a lot of great info worth knowing for the upcoming election.

If approved, Measure 118 would institute a 3% tax on most corporations’ total sales in Oregon above $25 million and distribute the money equally among residents of all ages and incomes. The system would go into effect next year.

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Sen. Brian Boquist said rules requiring him to give 12 hours notice before coming to the Capitol were retaliatory.

Get fucked idiot lmao, fuck around and find out

The Jewell School District in Clatsop County plans to “bet the farm” to overturn a habitat conservation plan that threatens the district’s timber funding