Josefina, 22, is one of seven graduates in Oregon Youth Authority’s peer mentoring pilot program. The program gives her state certification and gives her the opportunity to mentor other youth while incarcerated. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) Editor’s note: Youth in this story are identified by their first names only at the[Read More…]
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Judge tells Brown’s administration to cough up proposed laws
A Marion County judge on Wednesday ordered state officials by Friday to disclose legislative proposals they have been trying to keep secret. The records to be released show law changes that state agencies want drafted ahead of the 2019 Legislature. A Portland business attorney has been seeking the documents to[Read More…]
After public backlash, Gov. Brown orders the state to release school performance ratings
Gov. Kate Brown, embroiled in a sudden political firestorm, on Wednesday directed her state education administrators to immediately release school performance data they intended to withhold until after the election. The state Department of Education had provided what are generally known as “school report cards” to local districts Oct. 4,[Read More…]
Students keep busy during CTEC salon opening day
Cosmetology student Maria Gomez folds towels at the Career and Technical Education Center’s student-run salon. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) In their second year of cosmetology training, high school seniors at Salem-Keizer’s Career Technical Education Center get a chance to practice on real customers. The students spend one year learning the basics[Read More…]
State agency chases nearly $800 million in new taxes on alcohol, tobacco
SALEM —Oregonians could see significant increases in alcohol and tobacco prices if a state agency succeeds in raising millions from consumers in the next two years. The Oregon Health Authority is considering seeking $784 million in new tax money for the 2019-2021 state budget cycle. That includes increasing taxes on[Read More…]
Oregon gubernatorial candidates continue to get — and spend — millions. Will their dollars sway voters?
Rep. Knute Buehler and Gov. Kate Brown face off in the first of three gubernatorial debates in Portland on Oct. 2 (Jaime Valdez/Portland Tribune) Two weeks from election day, a spending frenzy continues in the race to be Oregon’s governor. Gov. Kate Brown and state Rep. Knute Buehler have combined to spend millions of dollars[Read More…]
Governor candidates take liberty with the truth in late ad pushes
The two prime candidates for Oregon governor are releasing multiple television and social media ads in the final days of the campaign. Some make misleading and sometimes inaccurate claims. Gov. Kate Brown, the Democratic incumbent, and state Rep. Knute Buehler, her Republican challenger, are funneling millions into advertising in the[Read More…]
Labor commissioner files motion asking to hold legislative leadership in contempt of court
SALEM — Outgoing Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian is again taking the Legislature to task over sexual harassment, this time in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Avakian wants a state judge to find legislators and staff in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas in the administrative case he’s brought against[Read More…]
Measure 104: Will it force bipartisanship or create gridlock?
SALEM — If you drive, hunt, or run a business in Oregon, you pay a fee to the state for that privilege. A measure on the statewide ballot next month could make it harder for the Legislature to increase those fees. Oregon imposes thousands of fees on everything from wastewater[Read More…]
Buehler lands $2 million from Knight, Republican governors group in surge of fund raising.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight and the Republican Governors Association poured another $2 million into the campaign of state Rep. Knute Buehler in the past week for his challenge of Democratic incumbent Gov. Kate Brown. The $1 million check from Knight brings his overall contributions to Buehler $2.5 million, about 26[Read More…]
