Oregon Shakespeare Festival says it needs $2.5 million to save its season
The festival said it needed to raise $1.5 million by June for the 2023 season to continue.
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The festival said it needed to raise $1.5 million by June for the 2023 season to continue.
One housing advocate made it clear to lawmakers on Monday: without a pandemic-era policy pausing eviction cases while an application for aid is pending, "people would have been on the street."
House Bill 3198 would provide funding for literacy education. After passing in the House Education Committee, it is now being considered by the Joint Ways and Means Committee.
SALEM — Faced with a heap of funding requests and limited resources, legislative budget writers plan to tap the pulse of the electorate to determine the top priorities for Oregonians.
Oregon's seven public universities have some of the highest tuition rates and lowest levels of state funding in the nation, even after recent legislative efforts to shore up their standing.