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Manhattan: Last week, Councilman Christopher Marte introduced Intro 1008, proposed legislation that protects the healthcare coverage for Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents. I hope the Council gives as much consideration to these great contributors to the quality of life of our city as it has given to teachers’ aides and other active employees

Your article on deadly occupations reports that there were 52 fatal workplace accidents in Oregon in 2024, (“These are Oregon’s most deadly occupations,” Aug. 2). The source is the annual U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The critical word here is injuries, because these statistics exclude fatal occupational diseases. My review…

I appreciate this profile of a public servant [“Trust the Process,” WW, June 24] but am disappointed by WW’s reflexive use of language like “on the taxpayer dime,” which casts recipients (many of whom pay taxes themselves) as a burden and public assistance as an aberration to be progressively hollowed out instead of an integral…