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Spending on special education in Oregon needs a revamped formula, researchers find
Lawmakers got a three-hour crash course this week on fixes that are needed to Oregon’s education funding formula to improve student learning and direct money ...
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Bill on wildfire prevention work could give utilities immunity from lawsuits
A bill that would establish minimum wildfire prevention standards for electric utilities in exchange for an annual certificate from the Oregon Public Utility Commission would ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Thursday, February 27, 2025 10:27 am
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Review of payrolls shows higher hourly pay but lower overall earnings under farmworker overtime law
Some Oregon farmworkers are earning higher hourly wages but taking home less money annually than they did before the state’s agricultural overtime law passed in ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 12:56 pm
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Bipartisan congressional group hopes to restore bill providing millions in rural school funding
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the West are joining forces to persuade Congress to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that has sent billions to states ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Thursday, February 20, 2025 3:37 pm
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Washington looks to raise $1.6 billion from tolls for new I-5 bridge
Washington state lawmakers hope to raise $1.6 billion from tolls to help pay for construction of a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 across the Columbia ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Monday, February 17, 2025 3:23 pm
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Oregon spent millions to grow manufacturing, tech workforces. Educators say it’s their turn.
Over the past few years, the Oregon Legislature has responded to industry-wide labor shortages in manufacturing, tech and health care by directing millions of dollars ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Thursday, February 13, 2025 1:52 pm
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NW Natural pushes back on bill that would require notifying customers about use of hydrogen
Last summer, a Democratic state senator heard from hundreds of constituents in southeast Portland who were concerned about NW Natural secretly supplying residents with natural ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 2:11 pm
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Oregon senator proposes changing state wildfire map to curb anger, rumors
Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Monday, February 10, 2025 2:47 pm
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Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department
Armed officers blocked Oregon U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and other Democratic members of Congress from entering the U.S. Department of Education building on Friday morning ...
by ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Saturday, February 8, 2025 8:15 am
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U.S. Sen. Merkley: Prepared to fight any move to freeze federal funding
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon says he’s prepared to push back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand presidential authority over federal spending approved ...