Commission says Oregon needs to spend billions more on K-12 education

By Julia Shumway | Editor

“We can’t keep going to the Legislature and say: ‘Give us more money.’ More money alone doesn’t do it. I think that this further illustrates the fact that we can’t keep doing what we’ve always done and think we’re going to get something different.” — Tricia Mooney, superintendent of the Hermiston Public School District in eastern Oregon and chair of the Quality Education Commission, on the commission’s new model recommending billions more in school funding.

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Oregon sues Trump administration over homeowner interest rules
Study finds gun control ballot measure prompted more gun purchases
States and cities try to curtail immigration enforcement at schools

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Oregon education funding committee recommends increasing school spending by $2.5B to $5B

By Alex Baumhardt

A second grader at Brooklyn Primary School in Baker City raises his hand during a phonics lesson. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon’s schools will need nearly $2.5 billion more to maintain the status quo of service for the 2027-29 school years, and nearly $5 billion more to help students meet new accountability and attendance targets, according to a recent estimate unlikely to gain traction as the Legislature sets budgets next year.

Oregon, nine other states sue Trump admin to protect interest payments to homeowners

By Mia Maldonado

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and New York Attorney General Letitia James are leading the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Portland. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

A coalition of 10 Democratic-led states, including Oregon, sued the Trump administration Tuesday over a new rule that could cost homeowners hundreds or even thousands of dollars by preempting state laws that require mortgage lenders to pay interest on the money borrowers deposit into escrow accounts to cover taxes and insurance.

Measure 114’s passage spurred Oregonians to purchase thousands of guns, new study finds

By Shaanth Nanguneri

Tick Licker Firearms is a gun shop in Salem, Oregon’s capital city. A new study shines light on an increase in gun purchases related to the passage of gun control measures in the state. (Photo by Connor Radnovich/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon voters’ narrow passage of some of the nation’s strictest gun control restrictions in 2022 prompted thousands of new gun purchases in the state despite the restrictions never going into effect, according to a recent study.

States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools

By Shalina Chatlani | Stateline

On June 11, ICE agents trailed a car into the parking lot of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. For the family riding in that car, an everyday school drop off quickly devolved into chaos.

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