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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 ...

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 Tina Kotek used outdated figures to contend earlier this month that Multnomah County’s voter-approved Preschool for All ...

The LGBTQ+ Victory Fund reports the number of openly LGBTQ+ people serving in public office has jumped nearly 200 percent ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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