Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized The lobby at Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) Updated 4:46 p.m. Jan. 18 with comments from City Manager Steve Powers. After years of resisting, the city of Salem will have to disclose the arrest records of a local man convicted of sexually abusing a child. The Oregon Supreme Court[Read More…]
Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett speaks at a distracted driving awareness event in 2017. (ODOT Flickr) SALEM —Matt Garrett, the longtime director of the state Transportation Department, announced Friday that he intends to retire by June. 30. During his 13-year tenure, Garrett oversaw the implementation of a 2017[Read More…]
SALEM — When Oregon legislators convene on Tuesday, they could raise or lower your taxes, cut or boost government services and decide how much your landlord can hike the rent. Interest groups, from the pharmaceutical industry to labor unions, spend millions of dollars lobbying legislators and contributing to their campaigns.[Read More…]
In November, educators and school children got a champion. The homeless got an advocate and environmentalists got a steward. But perhaps the people most happy with Gov. Kate Brown’s re-election reside in Oregon’s union shops. Brown has long been pro union. She has publicly supported them and even had the[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Marion Street Bridge pictured last summer. (Salem Reporter files) Salem city councilors have a massive to do list for 2019. They are set to talk about it at a work session Wednesday. Budgetary shortfalls, traffic problems, homelessness and environmental impacts will headline the work session, slated for 6 p.m.[Read More…]
The Chemeketa Community College board sat silently Wednesday night as the college’s chief financial officer proposed another tuition increase for the 2019-2020 academic year. As explained by college President Julie Huckestein and Chief Financial Officer Miriam Scharer, Gov. Kate Brown’s proposed 2019-2021 budget comes with a $30 million cut in[Read More…]
Uncategorized The lobby of Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) As Salem plans for the future, staff are undertaking a data project to be a sort of statistical crystal ball. The city’s Community Development Department on Wednesday released a list of 20 facets of life in Salem it will measure and[Read More…]
Uncategorized The intersection of Union Street N.E. and Commercial Street N.E, pictured recently. (Anthony McGuire/Special to Salem Reporter) Editor’s note: Salem Reporter passed out several disposable cameras to homeless people living around downtown Salem and asked them to document their lives. As we get cameras back, we’re publishing the photos and[Read More…]
Uncategorized Courthouse Square, where the Marion County Board of Commissioners offices are located and where meetings are held. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) The Marion County Commission has a small handful of topics to consider at its meeting Wednesday. • Commissioners will consider two items from its Health and Human Services[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Chemeketa Community College board will hear recommendations on increasing tuition for the 2019-20 school year at their regular meeting Wednesday. Neva Hutchinson, the board chair, said the board is aware tuition will have to increase next year, but is just beginning to discuss where the rate will be set.[Read More…]
