Date: 03/01/2016 09:26 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/300
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon now has more than 100 wolves. The state’s annual wolf report released yesterday shows Oregon had 110 known wolves in 2015, 36 percent more than the year before. Wildlife officials say they don’t count a wolf without hard evidence, and biologists believe the actual population is likely higher. The report says wolves killed 10 sheep, three calves and one working dog last year. That’s down from 2014, when wolves killed 30 sheep and two cattle. Seven wolves died in 2015 – three of them were illegally shot.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Labor unions are dropping their November ballot campaign to raise Oregon’s minimum wage to as high as $13.50 an hour for the entire state. The group said yesterday that the Legislature’s passage of an alternative minimum wage proposal this month was a good compromise to its own proposal. Still, the fate of another ballot proposal that would raise Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 an hour is still up in the air. Labor groups behind that proposal say they’re still discussing whether to move forward.
BEND, Ore. (AP) – A group of parents is speaking out against a health survey given to Oregon students. The Bulletin reports that members of Parents’ Rights in Education say they’re concerned that parents don’t know what kinds of questions are included in the Oregon Health Authority’s Student Wellness Survey.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – University of Oregon President Michael Schill has proposed changes that would shift resources and reassign teaching priorities. The Register-Guard reports that Schill says some tenured faculty have skimpy teaching loads, even as departments hire more non-tenure track faculty to teach. Schill has suggested hiring as many as 100 new tenure-track faculty over five years in some disciplines.
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