BY SARAH ROSS   VANCOUVER- One of Oregon’s transportation officials, Gail Achterman, told citizens tonight that without a toll, the Columbia River Crossing project will not be a reality. During the final meeting of the Columbia River Crossing’s Tolling Study committee, the Washington State Department of Transportation presented their findings on various tolling options for [...]

BY SARAH ROSS   SALEM- Greater restrictions on Oregon’s virtual schools will now be presented to the Legislature in February. In the final meeting of Oregon’s Online Learning Task Force, the Task Force voted to approve its Legislative Concept 15, which will be introduced before the House Education Committee in February’s Interim Session. Despite concerns [...]

Senators George and Telfer question the Oregon Unemployment Department about fraud in the system during the November Interim Committee Hearings in Salem. BY SARAH ROSS YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWhQi51n6b4

These mothers and fathers weep and beg for consideration of virtual learning at the Online Learning Task Force in November but politicians continued to negotiate for restrictions for online education in LC 15 scheduled to meet the Oregon Legislature this February. BY SARAH ROSS YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR3dXFddQHo

BY SARAH ROSS   SALEM- State departments and the Oregon Legislature are seeking to strip potential revenue from Oregon’s offshore oil and gas resources. Amidst the second day of November Interim Committee Hearings for the State Legislature, the House Interim Committee on Environment and Water hosted an informational meeting on the State’s Oil and Gas [...]

BY SARAH ROSS   SALEM- The Oregon Legislature is pursuing its quest to expand restrictions on virtual charter schools throughout the state. To kick off the first day of November’s Interim Committee Hearings for the State Legislature, Online Learning Task Force co-chairs Rep. Sara Gelser (D-Corvallis) and Sen. Richard Devlin (D-Tualatin) received testimony on a [...]

BY SARAH ROSS PORTLAND- Following the embarrassment of Governor Ted Kulongoski’s Business Energy Tax Credit in the past few weeks, a group has formed behind the scenes to try to bring improvement to this system which has been termed by many as wasteful. Among this group, an unusual allegiance has formed, including representatives of the [...]