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Beat Check with The Oregonian

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  • A weekly look inside Oregon's biggest news stories with the journalists at The Oregonian/OregonLive.com.
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  • Oregon’s transportation system is ‘hemorrhaging.’ Is there a fix?

    Oregon’s transportation system is ‘hemorrhaging.’ Is there a fix?
    Jun 17 2024
    Across Oregon, county and city leaders say they don’t have the money to maintain their streets and sidewalks. In the Portland area, a pair of mega transportation projects years in the making remain unfinished and drastically underfunded. All the while, the Oregon Department of Transportation says will require an annual $1.8 billion boost to meet a growing list of transit needs throughout the state. The agency’s director recently said the entire system is “hemorrhaging.” On the latest Beat Check, reporters Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and Carlos Fuentes discuss Oregon’s transportation woes, attempts by state leaders to address them and the messy politics in the middle of it all. Read More: Oregon lawmakers want to fix roads and beef up transit. Where will they find the money? ODOT pumps brakes on two major freeway projects amid budget crisis, tolling pause Gov. Tina Kotek shelves plans for I-5, I-205 tolls in Portland area Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Diving into why college going rates are declining in Oregon

    Diving into why college going rates are declining in Oregon
    Jun 10 2024
    Way back in 2011, policymakers in Oregon set an ambitious goal. By 2025, 80 percent of the state’s 25- to 34-year-old residents would have some kind of college credentials. The deadline is next year, and the state won’t come close. Instead, college-going rates have been on the decline in Oregon for the last decade, particularly among certain groups of high school students, including boys from rural Oregon and students of color. The decline outpaces national averages. College enrollment matters for more than just students. To flourish in the future, the state’s economy needs highly-skilled workers who can contribute to the tax base. And as communities of color fall further behind in higher education attainment, it hurts the state’s efforts to improve equitable outcomes for all its residents. Reporter Sami Edge set out to understand the decline. Her work is spotlighted in a seven-part series that continues this week in The Oregonian/OregonLive as students around the state graduate from high school. In this episode of Beat Check, we’ll talk about: — The skyrocketing costs of college tuition in Oregon. — How community colleges do — and don’t — appeal to high school seniors. — The ins and outs of Oregon’s existing tuition grant programs. — How one tiny rural school in Klamath County sets the standard for high schools around the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • BONUS episode: How the Portland airport carpet design became a civic icon

    BONUS episode: How the Portland airport carpet design became a civic icon
    Jun 6 2024
    Laura Hill was about 30 years old when she helped create one of Portland’s most-iconic designs. When the Port of Portland was redesigning Portland International Airport in 1986, architecture and design firm SRG Partnership led the project. Hill retired from the firm in 2008, but at the time she was a principal interior designer for SRG. In this bonus episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, reporter Lizzy Acker shares her interview with Hill. Hill explains how the famous design came to be, the research SRG did at other airports and what other designs were pitched. Here's their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
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