by Ty Davison | Apr 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
Kotek fires head of troubled Oregon public defense agency • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Gov. Tina Kotek fired Jessica Kampfe, the head of the Oregon Public Defense Commission, on Thursday morning. The agency oversees indigent defense for thousands of people charged with...
by Ty Davison | Apr 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
States with universal or near-universal school choice programs: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. These are predominately red states, though...
by Ty Davison | Apr 17, 2025 | News & Commentary
UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling | CNN: The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are...
by Ty Davison | Apr 14, 2025 | News & Commentary
SENTENCED TO THE SIDEWALK: One woman’s misery reveals flaws in Oregon commitments – Salem Reporter: A five-month Salem Reporter investigation found that Kayser’s death was the inevitable conclusion of a statewide mental health system forged under the idea that...
by Ty Davison | Apr 12, 2025 | News & Commentary
In and around Portland, teachers are missing more school than ever. Their bosses don’t want to talk about it – oregonlive.com: For a 2025 report on teacher morale, national education news outlet Education Week surveyed what it says was a representative sample of...
by Ty Davison | Apr 12, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon voter registration errors began years earlier than DMV officials acknowledged – Salem Reporter: Data entry errors at the Oregon Department of Transportation that led to more than 1,700 people being incorrectly registered to vote despite not demonstrating...
