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Pamplin Media Group May 07 2021 Readers sound off on funding Oregon's schools, state COVID-19 restrictions and electing a new PCC board member. Lawmakers in Salem recently released their proposed education budget for the State School Fund, the operational budget for our schools. Experts recently found that if Oregon hopes to maintain current service levels for students, the operating budget must be $9.6 billion for the next biennium. The current proposed budget at $9.1 billion falls woefully short of that amount — a $500 million deficit that will directly affect students. In 2019, ...

Businesses recovering from pandemic struggle to fill open jobs, forcing some to close and last updated 2021-05-06 13:39:26-04 Some businesses trying to recover from the pandemic are voluntarily closing their doors not because of restrictions imposed by the state in which they are located, but because they are short-staffed. As more states open up, business owners are coming across a unique problem: there are not enough workers to meet demand, despite a higher-than-normal unemployment rate. Currently, the unemployment rate is 6 percent, which represents about 9.7 million Americans who say the...

/ Migration Brewing has changed its operating situation at least five times over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. First, owner Colin Rath shut down entirely. Then he reopened, but only for outdoor service. Then customers were allowed inside, but the number of people who could be served at once changed several times. Migration Brewing has four locations, all in Multnomah County, which is headed into the “extreme risk” category on Friday, following an announcement Tuesday from Gov. Kate Brown. In Multnomah and 14 other counties that have will soon have the tightest restrictions, restaur...

Jobs paradox: Oregon employers face a labor shortage despite high unemployment Updated 11:13 AM; Today 8:14 AM Migration Brewing says it's had to limit hours, and sometimes close early, because it can't find enough people to work in its Portland pubs: “If you’re stretched thin with staff there’s only so much they can do and only so much service they can offer.”Andre Meunier/The Oregonian Facebook Share Most times, when Migration Brewing Co. has an opening in its Portland brewery, it’s one of the most popular jobs in town. “Everyone wants to work in a brewery,” said Colin Rath,...

. 11 am-11 pm daily. Portland needs to own up to the love part of its love-hate relationship with 10 Barrel Brewing. It’s easy to sneer at a Budweiser sellout, but far more difficult to deny the talents of Portland pub brewmaster Whitney Burnside. Similarly, the wait for a table on the Pearl District restaurant’s rooftop can be interminable, but once you’re actually up there, you’ll forget all about the 60 minutes you spent idling on the street corner. When eventually summoned skyward, you’ll find the pub’s minimalist industrial aesthetic extends outdoors in the form of walnut-hu...