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Oregon News
POLITICS
Scratched and pooped on by birds, Oregon’s iconic ‘Gold Man’ statue is getting re-coated in gold
The Oregonian | By Aimee Green
It’s been 25 years since work crews last coated the massive gold pioneer statue atop the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem with 23-karat gold leaf.
And it’s been a rough quarter century of roosting birds scratching and pooping on the towering figure. The scorching sun of summer, ice storms of winter and pounding rain many months of the year also have taken their toll on the statue.
Oregon Court of Appeals Upholds OLCC’s Tax Compliance Rules
Willamette Week | By Sophie Peel
The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission’s rules that require dispensary licensees to provide a certificate of compliance from the state showing they’re current on their state taxes, or working to pay them.
5 things to know about Oregon PERS’ big bets on private equity, other ‘alternative’ investments
The Oregonian | By Ted Sickinger
Earlier this week, The Oregonian/OregonLive published a story detailing the state’s distinctly aggressive investment strategy for its public pension fund, one that is now heavily skewed toward so-called alternative investents, and more specifically, private equity funds.
EDUCATION
Oregon has 5th worst education system in the country, study says
KPTV
Oregon ranks on the bottom five for education systems among all 50 states, according to a new WalletHub study released on Monday.
The new study compared things like math test scores, safety, dropout rates, and 28 other factors.
Oregon came in at 47th overall.
Oregon’s workforce, higher education leaders hopeful for federal aid focused on workforce programs
OPB | By Tiffany Camhi
Workforce Pell is less than a month old and still has a number of implementation steps ahead of it, but Oregon’s higher education and workforce leaders are already enthusiastic about how it may help students and local economies.
‘These are big bills’: Oregon’s student loan watchdog logs record high complaints
Oregon Capital Chronicle | By Shaanth Nanguneri
Oregonians are filing a record number of grievances with a state official who helps ensure student loan servicers follow the law, according to an annual report from the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Oregon tribes emphasize community, language and culture in early childhood education
The Oregonian | By Eddy Binford-Ross
Eleven preschoolers are scattered throughout a classroom at Shawash-iliʔi Skul, an immersion school run by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in northwestern Oregon, chattering away, but not just in English.
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
Man who died in Portland MAX station attack identified
The Oregonian | By Zaeem Shaikh
A 66-year-old Portland man was standing on a MAX station platform near the Oregon Convention Center early Thursday morning when another man struck him once in the head. James Elliott immediately fell backward, according to a probable cause affidavit. He died in a local hospital the following day.
Activists want City Council to close Portland’s ICE detention facility. Can they?
The Oregonian | By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Portland elected leaders are facing calls to seize the levers of city bureaucracy and target U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as local opposition to President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign continues to mount.
‘Daddy, police!’: New video shows masked ICE agents arrest father outside child’s school in Beaverton
OPB | By Conrad Wilson
Newly published video provides insights into the immigration arrest of a chiropractor outside of his child’s Beaverton school.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, while he was driving his child to Guidepost Montessori school on July 15.
Judge blocks ICE deportation of Iranian man in US for 26 years
The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein
A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. government not to deport an Iranian immigrant who was arrested by ICE officers late last month on his way to a gym from his Yamhill County home.
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