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Vice Chair of Oregon Senate Housing Committee Seeks Prevailing Wage Reforms
Amid Oregon’s continuing housing crisis, Sen. Dick Anderson wants to maximize the purchasing power of public funding.
See Which Oregon Counties Had the Largest Increase in Graduation Rates
Harney County saw the biggest overall improvement, 20 percentage points over last year’s rate.
Bill Concept Seeks to Restrict ICE From Patient Care Areas in Oregon Hospitals
The proposal would use hospital regulations to try to manage the activity of federal immigration agents at medical facilities, which have increasingly become the settings of conflict.
As Graduation Rates in Oregon Climb, Questions Remain What a Diploma Means
In Oregon, high graduation rates have proved a consistent outlier to otherwise sobering data around student performance.
For Rural OHSU Clinic, a Vision to Boost Revenue Leaves Clinicians Uneasy
A proposal would mean more federal control at the Family Medicine Clinic in Columbia County.
Tobias Read Says There’s Enough Time to Put a Gas Tax Repeal Measure on the May Ballot—Barely
Gov. Tina Kotek wants to take the loss early and move on. Tobias Read says it will require quick work by the Legislature.
Urban League Vacates Longtime North Portland Office Amid Fight to Get the Building Back
The Urban League says its longtime headquarters is uninhabitable. It still wants to buy the building back from the current owner.
Special Education and Student Mental Health Lead Janelle Bynum’s Youth Agenda
Notable bills for education include a proposal that would instruct Congress to increase spending on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act program that provides funds for children with special needs.
Only Two Groups Have Submitted Signatures for 2026 Ballot Initiatives. They Aim at Very Different Issues.
A radical ballot initiative on animal rights is faring better—and operating far more efficiently—than an initiative promising equal rights for humans.
Millions of Dollars in, OHSU Behavioral Health Coordination Center Has Aided Few Actual Patients
OHSU counters that project is not done—and that judging use metrics at this point would be like tracking traffic on a road that is not yet complete.
ZYN City: What a College Student Learned Trying to Buy Tobacco on County Sting Operations
Multnomah County has an elite team of underage agents keeping clerks honest.
Murmurs: Minneapolis Killing Reverberates in Portland
The slaying of Alex Pretti was felt especially keenly in Portland, a city Trump had in his crosshairs only a month ago.