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 ...

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

Gov. Tina Kotek used outdated figures to contend earlier this month that Multnomah County’s voter-approved Preschool for All ...

In a letter, Kotek stated that they are at a "crossroads" for the program that's on an "unsustainable" trend, which Vega Pederson refuted.

In a letter to Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, she recommended altering the tax or even pausing it to stop high ...

But in her letter to Vega Pederson, Kotek outlined a trend she saw as “unsustainable” in the county. Multnomah County’s high ...

As Portland anticipates hundreds of protestors downtown over the weekend, public safety and elected officials urged ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson has released her $4 billion budget proposal with cuts to multiple departments. The proposal has drawn the ire of newly ...

Jessica Vega Pederson, chair of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, speaks at a state of the county event earlier this year. Vega Pederson is defending her office's adherence to public ...

Multnomah County is reversing its stance on what they are now saying was inaccurate information that County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson presented during a pivotal board meeting about the ambulance ...