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Oregon School districts, employees face $670 million increase in ...
1 day ago · Oregon school districts are projected to pay $670 million more to the state’s public employee pension program over the next two years, potentially wiping out all increases to school funding proposed by Gov. Tina Kotek. The increased tab, more than 10% for some districts, follows lagging returns ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Get 2024 election results as they are reported: district by district, state by state. Real-time results and race calls by Decision Desk HQ. Oregon Capital Chronicle focuses on deep and useful reporting on Oregon state government, …
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2 days ago · BY: Lynne Terry - November 8, 2024. The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle division has discovered several dozen more voter registrations of non-U.S. citizens in its system as part of reviews ordered by Gov. Tina Kotek in late September. The agency announced in a status report published Thursday it had discovered that 56 more people had been ...
Oregon 2024 election: What we know and what we’re waiting on
Nov 6, 2024 · Election officials in Oregon’s 36 counties are still processing returned ballots, verifying signatures on ballot envelopes and waiting for some ballots that were postmarked Nov. 5 to be delivered. Republicans were victorious nationwide, with Donald Trump winning a second term four years after losing the presidency.
Oregon election results follow usual pattern
Nov 5, 2024 · A supporter listens to speeches at the Oregon Democratic Party’s election night event at the Portland Hilton on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Rian Dundon/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Oregon had few surprises in the general election results that changed the political landscape very little. Tracking closely with similar kinds of results in Washington ...
Oregon House Republican leader Helfrich won’t seek reelection as …
2 days ago · State Rep. Jeff Helfrich will not seek reelection as minority leader in the Oregon House. The Hood River Republican, who represents the 52nd House District in the Columbia River Gorge and Mount Hood, made the announcement late Monday in a news release, indicating he wants to spend more time with his family.
State Rep. Rayfield declares victory in Oregon attorney general race
6 days ago · Democrat Dan Rayfield (left) is competing against Republican Will Lathrop to be Oregon’s next attorney general. (Campaign photos) Former Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, declared victory on Tuesday in the attorney general’s race. In a statement, he said his focus will be on serving Oregonians “no matter what corner of the ...
Commentary - Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oct 30, 2024 · BY: Kelly Campbell - October 29, 2024. A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
A look inside the Oregon Capitol under construction
Jul 25, 2024 · The aim of the three-phase, $598 million project has been to better prepare the 86-year-old Capitol and its 47-year-old wings for earthquake activity, as well as bringing it in line with current accessibility standards. To do that, workers dug below the current 160-million-pound building to install 160 base isolators – flexible discs that act ...