Category OREGON NEWS
Oregon tells feds schools are following privacy laws
A U.S. Department of Education letter demanding privacy law compliance from school districts threatened to withhold federal funding and claimed many schools are withholding information from parents about students' gender identity.
Electricity demand in Northwest could double in next 20 years, forecast finds
Data centers, electrifying transit and buildings and producing hydrogen will drive demand, according to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
Thousands of Oregon, Washington children at risk if Head Start ends, lawsuit alleges
More than 25,000 children in Oregon and Washington will lose the child care and early education their families rely on if the Trump administration continues its attempts to dismantle Head Start, say northwest nonprofit organizations that signed onto a lawsuit against the administration. For the…
Oregon bill would implement protections for Uber, Lyft drivers
In 2017, Ahmed Alshamanie went viral for offering karaoke in his car while working for Uber, earning him special recognition from the company. Originally from Iraq, Alshamanie moved to the U.S. in 2013 after working as a taxi driver. He eventually learned English by working…
Tuition to rise again at all Oregon’s public universities, up nearly 30% from a decade ago
The rising cost of college is being driven by labor costs, inflation and historic disinvestment in higher education by the Oregon Legislature.
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read welcomes injunction of Trump election order
As a federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping election executive order, Oregon’s top elections official joined officials from around the country in North Carolina questioning federal agency leaders over plans to implement Trump’s order. Trump in March ordered the…
Oregon Attorney General leads suit against Trump, administration to block tariffs
Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins 11 other Democratic states attorneys general challenging President Trump’s authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imported goods.
Oregon Sen. Aaron Woods dies at 75
Colleagues remembered the Wilsonville Democrat for his commitment to public service and his community.
Portland physics student flees Trump crackdown, months from earning his doctorate
The risk seemed far too great. Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and…