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Federal Judge Blocks Oregon Ban on Real Estate ‘Love Letters’

Pro Builder

Federal Judge Blocks Oregon Ban on Real Estate ‘Love Letters’. Oregon’s ruling to restrict personal communication between buyers and sellers violates First Amendment freedoms, according to U.S. Wed, 03/09/2022 - 10:55. District Judge Marco A. Constitution. According to U.S.

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HANDLING LEGALIZED IMPAIRMENT

Safety Services Company

Currently twenty states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Two states (Colorado and Washington) have approved the recreational use of it, and Alaska, Arizona, California, and Oregon may join them this year. Can businesses continue to drug test workers and job applicants for a drug the state says is legal?

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Cannabis Cultivation has Growing Environmental Implications

Green Building Law Update

Cannabis cultivation is not new, but beginning in the 1990s when states began to legalize medical marijuana and recently as state laws evolved, decriminalizing and legalizing recreational use of cannabis, the burgeoning industry has brought with it environmental implications, including of water and energy use.

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Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training

Construction Business Owner

The reasons are clear and fundamental: from staying alive to being there for family, and from avoid life-changing injuries to saving money, mitigating legal risk and gaining productivity. Why is safety so important? These are the basics of a good life for workers, and good business for construction companies.

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Indoor Marijuana Growing Accounts for Over 1% of all Electric Consumption in the U.S.

Green Building Law Update

The growth since the data gathering for 2011 study has been significant with marijuana legalized for recreational use in four states and medicinal use in 19 states. Although non legal marijuana growing is hard to calculate, the association with high energy use has been accepted for decades.

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How to Get Paid on Oregon Public Projects

Levelset

A large amount of that construction funding is going to be headed directly to individual states, and there are plenty of opportunities for contractors across Oregon to benefit — especially as the state continues to work towards higher levels of sustainability in its new projects. Payment protection on Oregon public projects.

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'Grandfamily' Communities Offer Specialized Housing for Caregiving Older Adults

Pro Builder

In Oregon, the foster care system grew inundated during the methamphetamine crisis, said Derenda Schubert, executive director of Bridge Meadows. And if a grandparent isn’t a child’s legal guardian, finding housing becomes trickier; fewer than one in three eligible grandfamilies receives housing assistance, according to Generations United.

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