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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro addressed union members, Penn State students and State College community members at his “Big Fights Bus Tour" campaign event for Pennsylvania governor Monday.
Oregon's special election Tuesday, May 18, 2021 included numerous school board races and local funding measures. Credit Melorie Begay / KLCC Lane County Special Election results In unofficial results, a levy to renew funding for OSU Lane County Extension has been approved by voters in Tuesday's special election. A levy to fund the Lane Fire Authority is also passing. A measure to create a special law enforcement district in the Mohawk Valley looks too close to call as of Tuesday night with 51% against it and 48% in favor. And a bond for the McKenzie School District looks to be in question wit...
By Henry Houston and Taylor Perse The May 18 special election didn’t have the national or state policy stakes of the two 2020 elections, but the results did bring some diversity to local education boards. From contested races for seats on the Lane Community College Board of Education to Eugene School District 4J and Springfield School District, it was an education-based election. In Eugene School District 4J, Laural O’Rourke, a Black woman, won Position 2 by a landslide with 81 percent of the vote, defeating Harry Sanger who received 17 percent. In Position 6, Maya Rabasa, a woman of c...
Nathan Light throws gem as VMI beats ETSU, 6-5 Published Friday, May. 14, 2021, 8:12 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Redshirt sophomore Nathan Light was outstanding for seven innings on the hill, and the VMI baseball team held on for a 6-5 victory over visiting ETSU Friday in a Southern Conference game. Light, a left-hander, allowed just five hits, two walks and one earned run with five strikeouts to earn his third win of the se...
As they say, all politics is local, and in Lane County, local politics gets heated when it’s school board elections. The issues are huge in K-12 education — racism and diversity, COVID, standardized testing and more. We are impressed by all the people willing to take on this tough and important duty. Good board members are simultaneously independent thinkers, willing to question how the board is voting and why, and yet also able to function effectively with other board members they may not always agree with to get things done. It’s great when voters and candidates get fired up abou...