Jeb Bladine - PERS reprise adds context to statistics
Let’s begin where we left off a week ago, with this admittedly acidic comment about past policies of Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System: “An unknown group of decision-makers, ...
Rebecca Geist: Keeping kids safe
Most of us worry about our children’s behavior at some point. We wonder whether moodiness or angry responses to our questions are normal adolescence or something deeper. While it may be an important ...
PERS decision will drive budget talks
Oregon’s Supreme Court last week gutted 2013 legislative efforts to reduce costs of the Public Employees Retirement System, and it didn’t take long to see the results. One government official, ...
Sharon Morgan: Public art, engaging people
One of McMinnville's newest pieces of public art was created specifically for the new transit station If the goal of public art is to engage people, then two pieces of McMinnville’s inventory of ...
Jeb Bladine: Save us from the evil corporations
Want more evidence that the Oregon Legislature has degenerated into ultimately dangerous levels of partisanship? Look no further than Wednesday’s passage of the obscure HB 2832 by the House of Representatives. As ...
Others Say: May 1, 2015
Policy differences lead to recall efforts Recall campaigns usually run out of gas before they reach the ballot, but there seems to be some juice in the tank for the effort to kick three state representatives ...
Dave Robinson: Know what to do during an earthquake
By Dave Robinson Periodically, we read of earthquakes off our coast in the 2.5 to 4.0 range. They rarely generate any trouble for us. These are viewed as either practice for the “Big One” ...
Hayley Collins: Hope in the darkness
For 18 years, local nonprofit works steadfastly to prevent child abuse and help victims recover
