Economics

Portland School District approves $1.89 billion budget

PTAs pressure school board to reconsider teacher cuts as PPS labor costs continue to rise.

Education

Community calls for PPS audit amid teacher investigation

Students continue to protest extended administrative leave of Harriet Tubman Middle School teacher

Education

PCC receives $189,000 for cybersecurity training

The National Science Foundation aims to fill growing need for experts in the workplace.

Economics

PPS will dip into reserves to save jobs, lower class sizes

Facing a $40 million budget gap, Portland Public Schools proposes using reserves and one-time funds.

Education

Oregon’s child care desert will take more than money to fix

Even with locally, federally funded programs, pre-K staffing leads to waitlists for many families

Commerce

Outgoing PCC head Mark Mitsui looks back on a busy career

Mark Mitsui has served as PCC's president since 2016. He retires in June after more than 30 years…

Economics

Survey: Oregonians support taxes for family services

Support for paying taxes differs between political parties and on some issues, however.

Education

OPINION: School boards must regain the trust of their communities

OVBC survey finds that a minority of Oregonians feel their local school boards represent their beliefs

Crime

‘She would have changed the world’: Marluke’s family reflects

Family fights for domestic violence survivors after death of Portland State student.

Company

Portland Community College lands its next president

Adrien Bennings comes to Oregon's largest community college from Michigan's Kellogg Community College.