Today is Day 2 of our series on declining college enrollment in OR. Sami Edge passed the baton to me to spotlight Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, whose college going rate has declined the most of any demographic group in the last 12 years: oregonlive.com/education/2024…

Incredible reporting from Sami Edge and beautiful photos by Beth Nakamura over the weekend on this series w/ Julia Silverman about Oregon's struggles getting kids to college. Here, an inspiring look at the unique success of a school in tiny Lost River: oregonlive.com/education/2024…

The partnership between Klamath Community College and Lost River High School is a model for communities across the state. Well done! oregonlive.com/education/2024…

Please read the finale of our series on college-going, written by the brilliant Julia Silverman!

The best education journalism of the week is Sami Edge's deep dive into why rural men are skipping out on college. See more in the newsletter. kappanonline.org/russo-canned-s…

If you're waiting on pins and needles for the result of the Janelle Bynum v. Archive: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer race... keep waiting. The 5:30 update has the count holding at 47.6% Bynum, 45.2% LCD and lots of ballots left to be counted. #orpol oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

The Oregonian calls Wash. U.S. House Dist. 3 for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D).

The Oregonian calls U.S. House Dist. 5 for Janelle S Bynum (D).

Four-term Democratic state lawmaker Janelle Bynum defeated Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the highly contested 5th Congressional District race. oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

Breaking from Maxine Bernstein: Appeals court allows Trump to deploy National Guard in Portland oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/…