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/ Megan McMillan has known for a while how important quality child care is, and how difficult it can be to find in the Portland area. The pandemic also taught moms like her how hard it is to go without it. “After enduring attempts to work from home full-time, with two kids under five, I can tell you with no doubt that child care is the work that makes all other work possible,” McMillan said. The growing consensus that child care is a necessary part of a functioning economy — and that Oregon’s patchwork of providers isn’t up to the job — has pressed elected leaders from Salem to Wa...

April 22 2021 Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury has released a $2.81 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022. The next Multnomah County budget includes major infusions of cash — from the feds, and three ballot measures — even as officials prepare to fight state cuts to jails and community justice. County Chair Deborah Kafoury released the $2.81 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022 on April 22, starting the clock on six weeks of presentations and public hearings before the document is finalized. Kafoury's executive budget, which funds the county from July 2021 throug...

Oregon Senate committee approves plan to ban preschool suspensions by 2026 over childcare providers’ objections OregonLive.com 1 hr ago Hillary Borrud, oregonlive.com Private daycare and preschool programs in Oregon that receive public funds would no longer be allowed to suspend or expel students starting in 2026, under a proposal headed for a vote in the state Senate. Nationally, toddlers and preschool students of color face disproportionately high rates of suspension and expulsion from early childhood programs, and advocates want Oregon to stop allowing those practices. ...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Willamette Week’s Summer Camp Guide 2021 WW’s Annual Summer Camp guide is a great resource for Portland parents who are deciding where to send their children for summer activities. Updated April 7 at 11:18 AM Are your little ones driving you crazy? We've listed our picks of summer camps that will surely keep them entertained and out of your hair! Whether your kiddos are artists, scientists, or outdoor enthusiasts, there'...

Good Morning, Friends and Neighbors! At the edge of the ceiling in the House chamber, names are painted of people consequential to Oregon history. I suppose they were listed there to inspire us below. But sadly, of the hundred or so names, only three are women. Sacagawea who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Northwest. Tabatha Brown, an educator and social reformer who was named “Mother of Oregon” by the Oregon Legislature in 1987. Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon’s leading suffragette. March is Women’s History Month. Too often, their contributions have been reduced by...