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By Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici
This fall, thousands of students across Oregon are pursuing the dream of higher education. Between starting classes and settling in, students and their families are also making difficult financial decisions about how to pay for their education.
McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was greeted by dozens of protesters as she visited McMinnville High School Wednesday afternoon.
The City of Wilsonville's South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) agency has been awarded a $1.45 million grant by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the purchase of new electric-powered buses. Funded by the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is headed to Oregon and Washington state this week, but it looks like she won't get a universally warm welcome. In fact, there's a big protest brewing for Friday night, when DeVos will be the keynote speaker at a gala hosted by the Washington Policy Center, a free-market think tank. More below.
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici says she had not received any response from immigration officials after she and other federal lawmakers
BEAVERTON, Ore. —
Vose Elementary School showed off its brand new building Friday.
Thanks to a bond, the Beaverton School District was able to redo the school. The green and grey building houses hundreds of students. In an assembly on Friday, the principal, Veronica Galvan, and staff showed off the new school to parents and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici.
BEAVERTON, OR — School district officials will join Mayor Denny Doyle and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici Friday to dedicate the newly rebuilt Vose Elementary School in east Beaverton. Vose Elementary is one of four schools to be demolished and rebuilt thanks to a $680 million bond approved by voters in May 2014. Three all-new schools will also be constructed as part of the bond.
Six members of Congress said Tuesday they want an update from NCAA president Mark Emmert on the progress of a 2016 "pledge" to diversify the college coaching and administrative hiring pools.
Last year the NCAA asked college presidents to sign a pledge to address college athletics' diversity challenges.