Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton flips through charts and graphs showing the impacts of OSP’s short staffing. In 2017, the agency was unable to respond to 11,880 calls for service due to staffing levels. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM — For 26 years, Travis Hampton worked out of patrol offices[Read More…]
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Oregon school kids big winners in governor’s proposed budget
SALEM — Revealing ambitions for her final term, Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday announced a record expansion of school funding, a revamping of the state approach to energy issues and readying for legal battle against the Trump administration. Under her proposed two-year budget, school kids would have smaller classes and[Read More…]
Oregon officials find thousands of addresses, maybe enough for a sixth seat in the U.S. House
Oregon officials say their participation in a new Census program could win the state $400 million a year and perhaps even a sixth U.S. House seat. For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau has asked states to help wrangle addresses from local governments in an effort provide even more[Read More…]