Top Stories + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

August 11, 2009

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) said Monday that it’s time for the federal government to aid police and prosecutors seeking Mexican nationals who commit violent crimes in the United States and flee to Mexico.

November 3, 2008

Spanish driver’s license tests drop 90% – tricter driver’s license requirements, which block illegal immigrants from getting a license, have slashed the number of Spanish speakers taking the license test in Oregon.

August 11, 2008

KRYP-FM, known as “El Rey,” has become the king of Portland radio. Only 17 months old, the station is drawing 6.4 percent of the Portland audience listening to radio at any one time. No other privately owned station — country, rock, news/talk — got more than a 5 percent share.

August 10, 2008

Measure Limiting English Learning to Cost Oregonians a Quarter of a Billion Dollars

August 6, 2008

Latino immigrants suddenly avoiding the DMV – The number of Spanish-speaking people taking Oregon’s driving test plummeted in February, just as Gov. Kulongoski’s executive order took effect requiring test-takers to provide valid Social Security numbers.

July 10, 2008

Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy – Oregon

February 21, 2008

Money shortages doom service for Latino students – The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement started in 1983 to close this week

January 23, 2008

Oregon employers launch immigrant-rights coalition

January 2, 2008

Hispanic groups seek delay of new license requirements – Oregon

July 12, 2007

The owner of Grande Foods says the transition to a Latino market has been full of challenges and fun – (interesting article & 1st comment out of Cornelius, Oregon especially for any of you in the grocery/food industry)

February 12, 2007

Victor Merced is Oregon’s first Hispanic director of Housing and Community Services.