State Sen. Starr announces bid for Labor Commissioner

Portland Business Journal:

Oregon state Sen. Bruce Starr announced a bid Friday to become the state’s Labor Commissioner.

Starr, a Hillsboro Republican, was first elected to the Legislature as a representative in 1998. He has been a senator since 2002.

“Too many of our friends, neighbors and family members have been out of work for too long,” said Starr in a press release. “We need leaders who will change the way we regulate business so we can ensure that Oregonians have the most important employment right: a job...

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