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Gov. Tina Kotek used outdated figures to contend earlier this month that Multnomah County’s voter-approved Preschool for All ...
A group of about four dozen parents, preschool teachers and advocates gathered in front of Escuela Viva in Southeast Portland ...
At a legislative meeting on Tuesday, Multnomah County Board Chair Jessica Vega Pederson urged legislators not to cut off the ...
For now, the bill is going nowhere. But Gov. Tina Kotek is hellbent on saving the “whales” she says Preschool for All is ...
The economic reality is that high earners benefit from the 6.2% Social Security payroll tax cap on wages over $176,500. Most ...
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.
State lawmakers in Salem are looking at shutting down the funding for the “Preschool for All” program in Multnomah County ...
An amendment introduced late Monday evening would bar counties from imposing an income tax to provide preschool, a not-at-all ...
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Multnomah County disputes data presented by Gov. Tina Kotek regarding the Preschool for All program, citing an increase of 5,429 high-earning taxpayers in the county since the tax kicked in in ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The deadline for parents to accept Multnomah County’s Preschool for All placement offers just passed. Now, Gov. Kotek is urging county chair Jessica Vega Pederson to ...