Oregon PERS Q&A: What is the average monthly pension payment?
The Oregonian – Ted Sickinger Editor’s note: This is the first of a weekly Q&A focused on the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System. Q: How much does the average PERS…
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Editorial: Lethargic leadership in education puts students’ needs on hold
Helen Jung – The Oregonian/OregonLive Editorial Board Two recent developments encapsulate the lethargic state of leadership in Oregon education these days. The Oregon Department of Education released the results of…
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Editorial: Test scores spotlight school woes
Godofredo Vasquez – Philomath Express What should we make of last week’s release of test scores showing how Oregon students fared on the standardized tests measuring their progress on English,…
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Oregon schools generate mediocre results, new test scores indicate
Oregon’s elementary students rebounded from last year’s dip in reading skills, but academic achievement otherwise remained stubbornly mediocre across the state in 2018, new test scores show. Results in Oregon’s…
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PERS Pac-Man eats teacher salaries
The Portland Tribune – Steve Buckstein Legislature should move all public employees, including teachers, to 401(k)-style defined-contribution retirement plans What do Pac-Man and public pensions have in common? An intriguing 2016…
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Election 2018: Knute Buehler and Kate Brown on spending
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of Platforms 2018, a series on the policy positions and records of Oregon’s two leading gubernatorial candidates. Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon’s…
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Governor chooses CFO with no pension experience to lead PERS Board
The Oregonian – Ted Sickinger Gov. Kate Brown has settled on a retired tech executive to be the next board chair for Oregon’s complicated, underfunded and controversial Public Employees Retirement…
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Editorial: The math problem Gov. Brown’s education plan ducks
The Oregonian – Helen Jung As campaign promises often are, Gov. Kate Brown’s seven-point education strategy is long on aspiration and short on specifics. Brown doesn’t say how she would…
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Buehler hones in on PERS, schools and homelessness
The Argus Observer – Larry Meyer ONTARIO — Although there had been talk several months earlier about him running for governor of Oregon, Knute Buehler said he didn’t decide until…
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Oregon economists predict economic slowdown, kicker rebate in 2020
Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/OregonLive State economists delivered mixed news for Oregonians on Wednesday, confirming that taxpayers will likely receive a “kicker” rebate in two years while warning it could…
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