Bill on domestic violence nears vote in House.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The House is set to vote as early as today on a bill making it easier for domestic violence victims to exit an abusive situation. House Bill 2662 is sponsored by Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene. It would ensure...

Social Security debate reeks of propaganda.
Byline: GUEST VIEWOPOINT By Edward Fadeley For The Register-Guard The Bible commands, `Honor thy father and thy mother.' For 65 years this country has honored the retired generation by instituting and expanding Social Security for the elderly and support for the disabled and orphaned children. ...

State prepares for fishing crisis.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski plans to ask the federal government to declare Oregon's salmon fishery a disaster if trollers are shut down this season. Such a declaration could lead to millions of dollars in federal money to buoy the already troubled...

Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World: A Comparative Analysis.
HD7095 2005-004396 0-88099-322-7 Unemployment compensation throughout the world; a comparative analysis. Vroman, Wayne and Vera Brusentsev. W.E. Upjohn Institute, [c]2005 273 p. $20.00 (pa) Vroman and Brusentsev, whose fields are not identified, discuss...

Noteworthy. .
Americans are more stressed out now than at any time since immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, indicates Jay Segal, a stress and anxiety expert at Temple University, Philadelphia. "There are people who are almost at a panic. But the problem is they're worried about things they have no...

Running on empty.
Byline: The Register-Guard Three months of robust job growth have goosed consumer confidence to higher-than-expected levels and accelerated the momentum of national economic recovery. It's good news in particular for recently hired workers and certainly for President Bush's re-election cam- paign. But at the risk...

Jobless may phone in for benefits.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Lane County workers who have suffered the hardship of losing their jobs in the current economic downturn can at least avoid one offshoot: the hassle of waiting in the unemployment line to file a claim. The Eugene field...

Dec. 24, 31 are holidays.
December 24 and 31 have been declared special non-working days to enable Filipinos, especially the 29.5 million workers and their families, to fully celebrate Christmas and New Years Day. Labor Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Proclamation No. 292 stressing that Christmas...

Compassion and gratitude at ground zero.
Byline: LOTTIE POE DUEY For The Register-Guard IN THE AFTERMATH of the attacks on the World Trade Center, a two-square-mile area in lower Manhattan became the epicenter for aid and assistance. From March 1 through March 22, I was privileged to be an American Red Cross Family...

Balancing act stalls over raise in taxes.
Byline: DAVID STEVES The Register-Guard SALEM - The Legislature's special session stumbled to a standstill in its second day Saturday, with majority Republicans threatening to send budget-rebalancing legislation to the governor for an all but certain veto. Efforts to work out a bipartisan solution to...