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Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC Oregon lawmakers want to make it easier for people to serve on state boards or commissions. The Senate approved a bill Thursday that will significantly increase the per diem rate for the otherwise-unpaid members of those bodies.   Supporters, including Sen. Lew Frederick, D-Portland, said the change would benefit low-income Oregonians who often can’t take time off from work to serve the public in this way.  "We need to have their views," he said. "And this is an attempt to try to bring folks to the table and make sure they’re able to stay at the table and hel...

Senate Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Published: 16 June 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The bill would lead to Juneteenth becoming the 12th federal holiday. It is expected to easily pass the House, which would send it to President Joe Biden for his signature. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn’t reach the last ens...

Oregon lawmakers vote to suspend graduation testing requirement pending review The Oregon House voted on Monday to delay the 'Essential Skills' requirement for seniors through the 2023-2024 school year while education officials review graduation requirements. Posted: Jun 14, 2021 3:28 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt SALEM, Ore. — Lawmakers in the Oregon House of Representatives voted on Monday to further suspend standardized testing requirements for students into 2024. The requirement, called Essential Skills, was originally lifted in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Bill 744 wou...

The wife of Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, passed away Friday morning.

House Bill 2168 designates June 19 as an Oregon State Holiday commemorating the arrival on horseback of the news of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to the cheers of African- Americans then enslaved.