Charter Short-Changed
The Lane County Board of Commissioners, in a 3-2 vote earlier this week, decided to go with a last-minute proposal put forth by a private law...
Don’t AstroTurf Golden Gardens
By Karen Hall For the past seven years, my husband and I have walked in Bethel’s Golden Gardens Park and observed the flora and fauna...
Powering Change: Federal Funding for State Programs
On Nov.15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. Less than a year later — on August 16, 2022...
Holistic Student Support
Community colleges are often thought of as academic stepping stones to a career or other institutions of higher education. According to Lane Community College Board...
Financial Futures
Young people who face economic challenges — foster children and youth from historically underserved populations — can learn how to improve their financial futures for free. DevNW...
Democracy, Taxes and Rights
‘DEMOCRACY,’ TENNESSEE STYLE It is a dark day for our democracy when state legislatures expel members for speaking out against gun violence instead of focusing...
Phone Lines on the Line
Sara Lopez was in the U.S. Navy until 2005. Last summer, she was laid off from her preschool teaching job and was struggling. Unemployment wasn’t...
Environmental Opinions
WILLOW PROJECT = CORPORATE GREED Pres. Joe Biden’s decision to move forward with the Willow Project is a blatant disregard for our environment and the...
Lane County Re-Examines Construction Equity Program
A 2020 Lane County construction bidding process that encourages equity and created more diversity at construction sites is under review by the now conservative-leaning Board...
Literature and Music — A Good Combination
Writing novels is such a solitary undertaking that it stands to reason that authors would like to release pent-up energy somewhere. For Pedro Hoffmeister, that...