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Home Energy Spotlight: Save more in 2024 by combining tax credits and Energy Trust incentives
For families looking to save money, there’s never been more support available to reduce home energy use. This year, Energy Trust of Oregon, a nonprofit that helps people, businesses, and organizations use less energy, is offering cash incentives that, combined with new federal tax credits, make it easier to make energy-saving changes at home. Energy Trust offers cash incentives to customers of PGE, Pacific Power, NW Natural, Cascade Natural Gas, and Avista to help lower the cost of projects and appliances like water heaters, heat...
Study smarter, not harder with a properly designed space
Study skills are integral to academic success. Such abilities help students learn more efficiently and effectively, leading to better grades on assignments and tests. Developing strong study habits can prepare students for future success in life, as dedication to studying can be mirrored in habits related to job performance. The desire to study is one component of being involved in the task. However, setting up an environment conducive to studying is another part of this important equation. Students looking to study longer and better may...
Our TV picks for Thursday, June 6: Saving Private Ryan; 2024 NBA Finals; D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
Saving Private Ryan TCM 5 p.m. When three brothers are killed in combat during World War II, Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) leads his men behind enemy lines to find Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon), the fourth and last-remaining brother. Part of TCM’s 80th anniversary of D-Day programming. 2024 NBA Finals ...
Legislators start statewide tour on transportation needs and funding
As legislators begin to consider Oregon’s next multibillion-dollar transportation funding plan, how road maintenance and driver services are funded may overshadow what highway, bridge and other projects are included. Members of the Joint Committee on Transportation heard plenty of comments on both aspects during the first of 12 planned hearings across the state over the next four months. The first one was June 4 at the Cascades campus of Portland Community College. The final hearings are Sept. 26 in Happy Valley and Sept. 27 in...
Oregon lags most states in public higher education funding, report finds
The Oregon Legislature continues to spend far less on higher education than other states, according to a new report, leading to some of the highest costs of attendance among universities in the West. Oregon is ranked 44th in the nation for public funding of higher education and 37th in the nation for per-pupil funding, according to the latest annual State Higher Education Finance report from the Colorado-based State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission is a member of the association. ...
Up a tree:
ST PAUL – Ask any pro rodeo cowboy or cowgirl who’s competed at the St. Paul Rodeo, what they remember about the arena, and “trees” probably come up. The St. Paul Rodeo, this year July 2-6, has had trees, more correctly called arborvitaes, in the arena for the last 80-some years. The tradition started in the 1940s, with trees being used to outline the track for the many horse races...
Water resources director is confirmed by a split Oregon Senate
The Oregon Department of Water Resources finally has a permanent director after more than 18 months, but it took a divided Oregon Senate to confirm Ivan Gall, a veteran of more than 25 years at the agency. Gov. Tina Kotek’s nomination of Gall was approved May 31 on a 17-10 party-line vote, all Democrats voting for it and all Republicans against it. Three Republicans were not present. Gall has been...
Mae Yih, longest serving woman in the Oregon Legislature, returns
Mae Yih, the longest serving woman in the Oregon Legislature and the first Chinese woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, returned to the Oregon Capitol last week to say a few words. Yih turned 96 on May 24. She was born in Shanghai in 1928 and came to the United States as a college student in 1948. After moving to Oregon and serving on Albany school boards, she was elected to the Oregon House in 1976 and to the Oregon Senate...
Writing conference on the horizon in Canby
Six Oregon authors are among the 20 faculty members gearing up to inspire writers at the 2024 Cascade Christian Writers Conference June 23-26 at the Canby Grove Christian Center. The Sunday through Wednesday conference features five in-depth morning coaching classes on how to get published, writing a spiritual memoir, creative thievery, and learning from published authors about the pitfalls and successes encountered on their writing journeys. The conference also offers a selection of two dozen workshops. ...
Full statements by Senate President Wagner and Sens. Steiner and Lieber
Statement from Sen. Elizabeth Steiner, D-Portland, outgoing Senate co-chair of the Oregon Legislature’s joint budget committee: "It has been an honor to serve in this critical role to ensure that state revenues go toward the maximum benefit for all Oregonians. I've held this position through historic surpluses and historic deficits, times of extreme uncertainty and times when hard decisions needed to be made. Through it all my focus has been on finding fiscally responsible ways to help as many Oregonians as possible. ...
Sen. Lieber will lead budget panel, quits as majority leader
Sen. Elizabeth Steiner of Portland is out, and Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber of Beaverton is in, as Senate co-leader of the Oregon Legislature’s joint budget committee. The panel is officially the Joint Ways and Means Committee, which has an equal number of members from both chambers, writes the two-year state budget and proposes changes. When the Legislature is between sessions, budget decisions fall to the Emergency Board, which is...
Wilsonville’s three ballot measures failed. What does this mean for the city?
Wilsonville voters rejected all three measures on the May 21 ballot, with two related to term limits and one on the creation of a new urban renewal district in Town Center. Based on the latest returns, Measure 3-605 narrowly lost the election with essentially a 50-50 vote — 3,011 in favor and 3,060 opposed. The measure was an advisory vote — meaning it is taken into account by the Wilsonville City Council but technically not binding — on whether Wilsonville should use an urban renewal...
Ford Mustang is an iconic performance survivor
The Ford Mustang is just about the last Pony Car standing, which is a tribute to its enduring popularity. The Mustang kicked off the competition in 1964 as a small, affordable coupe with youthful styling and a choice of engines and transmissions, including the combination of a 289-cubic inch V8 and four-speed manual transmission that delivered genuine performance. Similar vehicles quicky followed, including the Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird from General Motors, the Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Barracuda from Chrysler, and the Javelin and Hornet S/C from AMC. Only the Challenger will also continue being produced next year as an...
Readers Respond: Favorites of the Rose Fest
The Portland Rose Festival, with this year’s theme as “Dream Forward,” includes parades, fairs, marathons and more, drawing thousands to downtown Portland. Your Oregon News asked readers about their favorite events of the Rose Fest. About 6% of our reader respondents said they attend at least one Rose Festival event every single year. About 30%...
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