The economic reality is that high earners benefit from the 6.2% Social Security payroll tax cap on wages over $176,500. Most ...

Define Satire I’m sure I’m not the only reader who is pleased to see “This Modern World” return as a regular feature of the Weekly, but I’m a little confused. Didn’t it used to be satire? Leo ...

A group of about four dozen parents, preschool teachers and advocates gathered in front of Escuela Viva in Southeast Portland ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering ending the voter-approved "Preschool for All" program that serves vulnerable families in ...

At a legislative meeting on Tuesday, Multnomah County Board Chair Jessica Vega Pederson urged legislators not to cut off the county’s funding source.

A few dozen parents and preschool owners rallied Wednesday, calling for Gov Tina Kotek and lawmakers to back off the county's Preschool For All (PFA) program.

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Oregon lawmakers are considering a new proposal that would shut down Multnomah County's "Preschool For All" program.The free ...

An amendment introduced late Monday evening would bar counties from imposing an income tax to provide preschool, a not-at-all ...

State lawmakers in Salem are looking at shutting down the funding for the “Preschool for All” program in Multnomah County ...

For now, the bill is going nowhere. But Gov. Tina Kotek is hellbent on saving the “whales” she says Preschool for All is ...