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Business group withdraws effort to refer Student Success Act to voters
Oregon educators rally at the Capitol on May 8, 2019 in support of the Student Success Act. SALEM — An Oregon trade group has announced that it will no longer push to put a landmark business tax to raise money…
Public employee union lands big wage increases in new contract
An SEIU supporter participates in a political rally. (Courtesy of SEIU 503) State employees got a win unlike anything they have seen since before the recession with the legislature dedicating $200 million to pay increases. That money allowed Service Employees…
Editor’s note: The duty to train young journalists
Les Zaitz, editor and CEO, Salem Reporter [Subscribe to Salem Reporter HERE ] The message was irresistible. Sonia Boeger, a recent graduate of South Salem High School, wondered if we had any internships at Salem Reporter. She worked on her…
PHOTOS: Marion County Fair returns this weekend
Felicks and Dimitri Marshall get ready to make magnetic slime at the STEAM Stage at the Marion County Fair. The science project was put on by the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation whose mission is to educate and mobilize the community. The…
Who’s paying for Republican’s protest of cap and trade?
Protesters cheer the Senate Republicans’ walkout at a rally in June. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) When Senate Republicans walked out of the Capitol in June and fled the state, they infuriated Democrats, who called them out for abandoning their jobs and…
Boquist’s wife reveals death threats, files legislative complaint
Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas. SALEM – Peggy Boquist, wife of state Sen. Brian Boquist who is employed in his legislative office, has filed a complaint about workplace issues, indicating legislative leaders ignored death threats against her family. She submitted the…
Oregon’s meth epidemic surges amid focus on opioids
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is published in collaboration with The Lund Report. The millions of dollars and countless hours that Oregon health officials have devoted to fighting the opioid epidemic in recent years have had an effect: Overdose deaths from…
Construction bill divvies up hundreds of millions to projects throughout the state
SALEM — Government agencies across Oregon will go on a run of remodeling public buildings and erecting new ones under legislation recently approved. House Bill 5006 is a checklist of big-ticket construction projects from Tillamook to Condon costing a total…
Legislators reject legal advice, allow Boquist to work in the Capitol
The Senate Special Committee on Conduct holds a hearing Monday on the comments of Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) State Sen. Brian Boquist will have to alert officials before he arrives to work in the Capitol so additional…
Cherryfest enlivens Riverfront Park with food, fun, and entertainment
The carnival rides at Cherryfest NW, held over the Fourth of July holiday at Riverfront Park. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Salem Reporter) It was another fantastic weekend at Salem’s Riverfront Park for the annual Cherryfest NW event. I worked the event for…