Rob Manning
News Editor | OPBRob Manning is a news editor at Oregon Public Broadcasting, with oversight of reporters covering education, healthcare and business. Rob became an editor in 2019, following about 15 years covering schools and universities in Oregon and southwest Washington as OPB’s education reporter.
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The Portland public district confirmed Sunday night that students would not be in classes Monday due to the ongoing teachers strike, and a failure to reach a contract over the weekend. -
Local officials cautioned Oregonians to avoid lighting fires and to find ways to stay cool as temperatures spike this week.
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Oregon school districts and community organizations are hearing from the head of the state education department, that they shouldn’t plan on money from the state for summer programs this year.
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A 110-page investigative report documents a hostile work environment experienced by a female attorney of color in the agency's new paid family leave program.
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Senate Bill 1045 would allow the Oregon Department of Education to withhold state funding, or direct how money is spent, in districts that ran afoul of state regulations.
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The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is updating its reading curriculum at the same time lawmakers are looking to enact new state literacy guidance.
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Fuel prices in Oregon spiked 50 cents per gallon over the last week — the sharpest spike of any state in the country.
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Test scores fell by 9 percentage points at the state level — and even more sharply at some large districts — in the first set of statewide test results in three years.
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Oregon's unemployment rate has stopped falling and jobs have recovered to pre-pandemic numbers. And federally-funded temporary employees are leaving the employment department.
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New federal report recounts use of Indian boarding schools to subjugate Native communities and culture, including at an Oregon school.
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Commissioner Val Hoyle's decision to run for Congress left an open seat atop the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries.
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The state health agency held its first COVID briefing since early March, in the wake of a federal court ruling rescinding mask requirements on planes, trains and buses.
