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Oregon higher ed advocates hail baby steps to propel more high school grads to college, career training, but call for more urgency
Starting with this fall’s sophomore class, all Oregon high school students will have to take a career and college readiness class to graduate. Education leaders are optimistic that the future planning course could help boost the number of Oregon graduates who enroll in college or an apprenticeship. Oregon’s college-going rates have fallen nearly 10 percentage points in the last decade, disproportionately impacting students of color and spelling trouble for the state economy.
More senior Oregonians, those with disabilities, to become eligible for in-home service
Thanks to a thumbs-up from a federal agency, more older adults and people with disabilities in Oregon could receive more options for support to continue to live independently in their own home. The Oregon Health Authority said Thursday, Aug. 15, that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had OK’d the expansion of a program within the Oregon Department of Human Services. That means Oregon can launch a new version of Oregon Project Independence supported by Medicaid funds. ...
Oregon Republicans opposed to ranked choice voting while Idaho’s GOP is split
In November 2022, Democrat Tina Kotek was elected governor of Oregon with 47% of the vote. That was enough to win the general election, since her total was slightly higher than that of her leading opponent, Republican Christine Drazan. She was able to win with less than a majority of support because other candidates siphoned […]
Lords of the Flies: Insects Turn Food Waste Into Feed and Fertilizer in Oregon
McMINNVILLE, Ore. — What turns 100 pounds of food waste into 25 pounds of animal feed and 25 pounds of organic fertilizer and can be scaled up without limit?. The well-funded pilot project about to go big is one of several symbiotic endeavors taking place at Tainable Regenerative Agricultural Laboratory, a nonprofit think-tank located on a certified-organic, 570-acre sheep and grass farm that has been in the same family since the Civil War.
Measure 118 to appear on November ballots in Oregon
OREGON (KGW) – A controversial measure that would put more money in the pockets of Oregonians will be on the ballot in November, after it garnered enough signatures. If passed, the measure would give each Oregon resident a rebate of $1,600 every year, as long as they live at least 200 days in the state. A family of four would receive $6,400.
SENATORS ANNOUNCE $7.8 MILLION INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS INCLUDING DOUGLAS COUNTY
On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a $7.8 million investment in rural Oregon school districts to support energy improvement projects like new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, lighting upgrades, alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy technologies. A release said the Renew America’s School Prize and Grant...
Floating wind project off southern Oregon coast clears first big bureaucratic hurdle in a long process
The Oregon coast is inching closer to generating renewable electricity using floating offshore wind turbines, although any construction is still years away. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, announced it finished an environmental assessment. The assessment looked at potential impacts from issuing leases to develop floating offshore wind in the region. BOEM is the federal agency tasked with identifying, proposing and leasing the ocean areas.
National pesticide program targeting grasshoppers violated environmental law, Portland federal court rules
A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has ruled federal regulators violated environmental law for failing to consider other pest management methods before spraying millions of acres of public rangelands in Oregon and other western states to manage grasshopper outbreaks. In its early August decision, the U.S District Court for...
Top lawyer for Oregon public defense slashed pay of ‘squeaky wheel’ female attorneys, investigator finds
The chief lawyer for the agency overseeing Oregon’s troubled public defense system held a grudge against several female attorneys and cut their pay because they spoke out against him, a workplace investigator determined. Eric Deitrick, general counsel for the Oregon Public Defense Commission, was “motivated by retaliation” when he...
International firefighters arrive to fight Oregon wildfires, air quality advisories return
A group of 65 firefighters have arrived from Australia and New Zealand to assist in firefighting efforts in the Pacific Northwest's largest fires. The firefighters were assigned to fires including the Willamette Complex South on the Willamette National Forest. The Willamette Complex South includes seven lightning-caused fires at 12,737 total acres as of...
Geologists warn of potentially ‘destructive landslides’ across Oregon Cascades this weekend
The National Weather Service is issuing a warning for portions of the Oregon Cascades that flash floods and landslides may occur this weekend amid a previously issued severe weather warning.
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