Legislature

State senators take leadership posts
Several members of the Oregon Senate, whose districts connect with Portland Community College, have taken leadership roles during the interim between legislative sessions. Posted July 28, 2011
Governor signs education bills at Rock Creek
On Wednesday, Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign a trio of high education bills into law at the PCC Rock Creek Campus. Posted July 18, 2011
Blog: Class act
On Monday, I spent about 12 hours at the Capitol lobbying about one particular bill. It was one of those […] Posted June 22, 2011
Blog: 2 town halls planned
Rep. Margaret Doherty of Tigard is hosting a “Constituent Coffee” from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Portland Bagel Company Posted June 8, 2011
Blog: Dembrow, Dingfelder host coffee
Rep. Michael Dembrow has set his final constituent coffee of the 2011 legislative session from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at Mt. Hood Community College’s Maywood Park campus. Posted June 3, 2011
Blog: The chaos of the closing days
We are on the “one-hour notice” rule in Salem. Which means that the minimum notice that any committee needs to give, before hearing a bill or a budget, is 60 minutes. Posted June 3, 2011
Community college budgets' set
The budget for the 2011-13 biennium would be $410 million. PCC’s portion of that would come to approximately $102.5 million for the academic years of 2011-12 and 2012-13. Posted June 3, 2011
Wu hosts small-business talk
U.S. Congressman David Wu will conduct a panel discussion on small business lending at the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College, 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 7. Posted June 1, 2011
PCC incumbents re-elected
Incumbents have kept their seats on the Portland Community College Board of Directors, with comfortable victories in Tuesday’s election. Posted May 21, 2011
Town hall features Secretary of State
State Sen. Diane Rosenbaum and State Rep. Jules Bailey will host a town hall today (Tuesday, May 17) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at SEIU Local 49, 3536 S.E. 26th Ave., Portland. Posted May 17, 2011