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Guest Column: School finances in jeopardy

Oregon school finances have not been in greater jeopardy for decades. Large Oregon school districts are cutting millions…

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Guest Column: Oregon needs a policy on cellphones in school

Parents, if you want kids to be safe and successful in school, step away from your cellphone —…

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Guest Column: Newspaper cuts show why press support is needed

The spate of layoffs and disruption at newspapers across Washington state and Oregon, from Everett to Medford and…

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Behind the News: ‘Every piece matters’

Jess Sollaccio believes civic engagement can take many different forms. The mother of two, whose background is in…

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Guest Column: A whale of a story

This is the story of a necropsy and the clues it revealed, one by one, about what ended…

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Guest Column: Oregon’s haves and have-nots

The state transportation hearing June 18 in Tillamook illustrated the difference between Oregon’s “have” and “have-not” communities. Unlike…

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Guest Column: Complexity of tax filing harms Oregonians

Barely had tax season come to a close when we were reminded — in case anyone could forget…

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Guest Column: Oregon makes bold statement with International Baccalaureate

Oregon’s Legislature made a bold move, and one to benefit students. Members of the House and Senate voted…

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Guest Column: Call Goldschmidt what he was — a sexual predator

A particular image comes to mind when I think of disgraced former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who died Wednesday:…

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Writer’s Notebook: Of Goldschmidt, it was pathos, not tragedy

Neil Goldschmidt, who died at his Portland home Wednesday, was a force of nature, a transformational figure as…

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