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On George Floyd`s Senseless In-Custody Death

Violence dilutes the peaceful protesters’ message about racism and police brutality

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - I too am saddened and outraged at George Floyd’s senseless in-custody death by a Minneapolis policeman, which has ignited protests and riots in Minnesota, across the U.S. and even abroad.

A protest is a peaceful public display of displeasure or disapproval, usually carried out by marching, chanting and/or holding signs with messages on them while a riot is a violent public disturbance.

On Reopening the Economy

For Trump it's strictly reelection politics now.

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - Trump was alerted about COVID-19 in January and February but did not acknowledge its seriousness until March. He refused to take charge of the war against the virus, deferring instead to the states, and then continually undermined their efforts.

Now he is quitting while he’s behind by encouraging the abandonment of state shelter-in-place orders.

High-Paying Careers Without a College Education

Without a Bachelor's Degree, you still have a good shot...but you'll have to work for it.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Contributing to the student-loan debt in the USA doesn’t sound too charming, so it’s understandable if you don’t want to enroll in four years of college. This is a decision that makes one question the future because you don’t know if you’ll be able to pursue a high-paid career without a degree.

The US Bureau of Labor statistics revealed the best jobs someone can get without a bachelor’s diploma.

8 Career Paths You Can Take with a Business Degree

"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life." ~Confucius

(SALEM, Ore.) - Finally achieving an academic degree is an extremely proud and pleasing moment for the majority of graduates.

You may have been thinking about what you want to do now that you have this higher level of education, but with so many options available to you and after adjusting to life as a student, going out into the world can be a daunting experience.

130 COVID-19 Deaths is 4 Percent of Oregon`s 3,268 Total Cases

Today, Oregon reported 61 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 11 new presumptive cases, and 0 new deaths

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - In addition to increased testing, local public health officials are contact tracing, so people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection are asked to identify their close contacts during the time when they were most likely to be infectious. Those contacts are then interviewed and monitored for illness.

Any of those contacts who have symptoms of COVID-19 are "presumed" to have COVID19 infection themselves.

Some Early-Stage Companies are Thriving in Spite of COVID

Businesses are pivoting to fill certain needs in the wake of the crisis.

(SALEM, Ore.) - While there is no denying that the global pandemic and economic suffering is a tragedy, for some early-stage companies, there has been a silver lining as the sudden shift in how we live has created an opportunity to grow.

These companies have been defying the odds by hiring when it seems as if every other company is shutting down.

Business Tricks You Need to Know

“You don’t build a business, you build people, then people build the business.” -Zig Ziglar

(SALEM, Ore.) - When starting a business there is so much you need to learn, take into consideration, and apply to your business idea. If you do some quick research you will find many emerging trends that claim amazing results.

Often, these types of "over-positive" statements create unrealistic expectations among small business owners that people end up quite disappointed.

New Stimulus Must Include Benefits for Immigrant Essential Workers

Tax-paying frontline workers have been excluded from the stimulus package and need to be included going forward.

(LONDON) - As soon as it passed, Congressional lawmakers realized the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus package to help the country through the COVID-19 pandemic would not suffice.

Yes, U.S.-born workers would eventually get $1,200 checks and significantly expanded unemployment insurance. But some essential workers have been left out in the cold.

COVID-19 - Facts or Fears? Solutions or Shutdowns?

A successful infectious disease protocol is called "common sense thinking."

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - "Physical" distancing and limiting contact with others makes sense until this virus gives us some credible information and treatment. In the meantime, has fear taken over common sense? Now we are dealing with a virus that is taking over our country in lives and livelihoods and rationale and answers are badly skewed.

My question is -- who is calling the shots as far as how people are dying -- accurately?

Oregon`s COVID Death Toll Hits 75

Oregon’s 75th COVID-19 death is a 45-year-old man from Marion County

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 75, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. Monday.

Oregon Health Authority also reported 47 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the state total to 1,956.