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Portland Business Journal
March 9, 2018
The accomplishments, which includes new gun violence prevention legislation, protecting victims of domestic violence, and spans health care, consumer protections, education, and tax reform, among other topics, will not only improve the lives of Oregonians, but will help Oregon's economy grow and thrive.
The Register-Guard
March 9, 2018
PORTLAND — Oregon high school students cited mental health services among their top policy concerns, according to a report compiled by a student-led organization. Oregon Student Voice found that 40 percent of students listed mental health resources as the most important issue for schools, OregonÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 9, 2018
Linfield's outgoing president, Thomas Hellie, said the gift is the largest single donation to wine education in Oregon history. "We're thrilled and we're deeply grateful," he said to Grace Evenstad. The school says its program, led by Linfield wine climatologist Gregory V. Jones, will differentiate from traditionalÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 9, 2018
The tax cuts President Donald Trump signed in December expanded 529s to apply to private, K-12 schools, too. But Oregon has opted not to extend its own tax break to private K-12 education. Oregon Democrats, including state Treasurer Tobias Read and some lawmakers, said they opposed using theÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 8, 2018
Those scares come amid an apparent uptick in Oregon school threats reported since a former student at a high school in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 and injured others Feb. 14. No one source definitively documents such threats. But a national nonprofit that tracks school threats and incidents says thereÃâà...
OPB News
March 7, 2018
More than a dozen high schoolers from a group called Oregon Student Voice worked with polling firm DHM Research and the nonprofit Chalkboard Project to survey more than 2,000 students at 42 Oregon high schools. Grant High School junior and Oregon Student Voice member Amelia Ernst helpedÃâà...
The Register-Guard
February 23, 2018
The Oregon Education Association, the statewide teachers union, as well as the national teachers union, the National Education Association, have taken stances against arming K-12 teachers. Instead of armed teachers, Eugene School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas on Friday said schools needÃâà...
OPB News
December 31, 1999
The bill in the Oregon Legislature to boot a non-voting member off the state board of education is dead. House Bill 4013 would've prohibited the secretary of state and state treasurer from naming non-state employees to the board of education. It would've immediately removed Kim Sordyl from the board.
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