by Ty Davison | Jul 24, 2025 | News & Commentary
Kaiser Permanente to ‘pause’ gender-affirming surgeries for minors – oregonlive.com: “After significant deliberation and consultation with internal and external experts including our physicians, we’ve made the difficult decision to pause surgical treatment for...
by Ty Davison | Jul 20, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon’s pandemic kindergartners prepare for middle school with critical reading gaps – oregonlive.com: The most recent state testing data, from the 2023-2024 school year, shows that 58% of fourth graders statewide could not read proficiently, putting them at a...
by Ty Davison | Jul 9, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon high school students seek ban on transgender athletes with federal lawsuit – oregonlive.com: The plaintiffs, however, argue Oregon rules violate Title IX, the landmark 1972 law that banned discrimination based on sex in educational settings. Due to the...
by Ty Davison | Jul 5, 2025 | News & Commentary
More 16- and 17-year-olds are gaining the right to vote. Could this become the norm? • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Amid all the worries about the perennially elusive youth vote, there’s a promising trend to talk about: In a growing number of towns and cities across the...
by Ty Davison | Jul 4, 2025 | News & Commentary
It is, of course, a matter of opinion when I say that the United States of America is the greatest country in the world. You can slice “greatest” a number of different ways yielding different outcomes. My metrics are freedom, diversity, opportunity, quality of life,...
