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Jeff Rhodes
Vice President for News and Information
Jeff is a native of West Virginia and a graduate of West Virginia University with a degree in journalism. He served in the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., as a broadcast journalist and has worked at a number of newspapers in West Virginia and Washington.
Most recently, he spent 11 years as editor of the Port Orchard (Wash.) Independent, which earned the 2011 Washington Newspaper Publishers’ Association’s General Excellence Award as the top community newspaper in Washington.
Previously, he was editor of the Business Examiner newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., for seven years.
Jeff lives in Lacey; he and his wife have grown twin daughters.
Memorial Day: A Tribute to Heroes and The Freedoms They Died to Preserve
At the Freedom Foundation, we revere all who knowingly put themselves in harm’s way to defend the liberty we hold dear. Just as importantly, we recognize the stoic courage of their friends and loved ones who, in their own way, shoulder the same awesome responsibility.
Legal Powerhouses Urge SCOTUS to Consider Freedom Foundation Appeal
The Freedom Foundation makes more than powerful arguments. It makes powerful friends, too, and the latter may just be enough to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the former.
President Trump Tweets Out Article About Medicaid Reform Championed by Freedom Foundation
President Trump didn’t make it to the White House leaving it to the mainstream media to tell his story. Starting during the campaign and continuing through his term so far, he’s made a confounding habit of going over their heads and directly to millions of Am
Ochoa Gets Justice; Freedom Foundation Gets Another Union Check for SEIU’s Misdeeds
Ochoa, a Spokane homecare provider, opted out of SEIU 775 shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 ruling in Harris v. Quinn struck down mandatory dues and fees for Medicaid-reimbursed caregivers and childcare providers.
Unions Attack Freedom Foundation Outreach in Public Hearing On HB-2016
A bill that could fairly be characterized as a union wish-list had its second hearing on April 18 in the Oregon State Legislature, this time in the Senate Committee on Workforce.
Hearing on HB 2016 Characterized by Union Lies, Political Indifference
Recently, the Freedom Foundation published a blog about on House Bill 2016, which is quite literally the unions’ scheme for returning to their pre-Janus status in a post-Janus Oregon.
Ao-C’s ‘Green’ Scheme A-OK With Government Unions
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” may not be as ironically named as it would appear at first glance.
Freedom Foundation Staffer Speaks to Youth & Government Group
Last Friday, Freedom Foundation Oregon Outreach Coordinator Jason Dudash urged attendees of the Salem YMCA’s Youth & Government banquet to apply the lessons he’s learned during a career in politics and his recent successes battling the state’s public-sector unions to their own daily struggles.
Withe Receives 20th Annual Thomas Jefferson Award
The Taxpayer Association of Oregon recognized the work of the Freedom Foundation and its state director, Aaron Withe, with its annual Thomas Jefferson Award for advancing the ideals of individual liberty and limited government.
Freedom Foundation helps 25,000 escape government unions since Janus
West coast labor leaders — that is, the ones who haven’t mysteriously retired, been forced into academia or consultant positions, abruptly stepped down or simply decided to spend more time with their kids rather than battle the Freedom Foundation — continue to dismiss any suggestion their members might be anything less than fully committed to the cause.
