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I like debit cards. They are better in many ways than credit cards but you can still quickly get into trouble if you're not careful.

A few -- the Simon Benson House , the Morris Marks House and the Bishop's House -- are rightly celebrated for their architecture or connection to Portland history.

Critics say the state's corporate-style approach is focused on new educational 'accountability' initiatives at the expense of stable school funding Rudy Crew is officially Oregon's CEO of schools that's Chief Education Officer, a unique position expected to "lead the transformation of" all public schools from early childhood programs through ... (more)

Desiree Young , mother of Kyron Horman, listens as attorney Elden Rosenthall talks to reporters on the steps of the Justice Center in downtown Portland.

George Pernsteiner , chancellor of the Oregon University System, and Matthew Donegan, president of the State Board of Higher Education, at a board meeting in March.

A reader took exception to a paragraph in staff writer Betsy Hammond's recent article about the new top education official in Oregon, Rudy Crew.

A guest column in the Oregonian by Sarah Ferrer, a Portland State University student, on prison reform triggered a heated debate among readers.

Jazmine Rodriguez-Griffin, 17; Kayla James, 17; and Camera Galvez, 16, attend to Galvez's 2-month-old son at a parenting class at the Native American Youth and Family center in Portland.. NAYA now plans to create a community in Southeast Portland to provide housing and education to Native American children.

Theater instructor Patrick Torelle gives applause during the LCC 2012 Employee Recognition Gala on May 23.

The TAC, which is composed of representatives from 15 higher education institutions, is the self-governed council that serves as the product governance committee for TeamDynamixHE , the leading project, portfolio and service management solution for the higher education market.

Both Clackamas County and the city of Milwaukie are having trouble figuring out how they are going to pay their share of the 7.4-mile, $1.49 billion Portland-to-Milwaukie light-rail project.

Four years ago, that was the happy dilemma presented by Denna Good-Mojab - who is now 15 and a senior by credits at the University of Washington.

The Oregonian's Tom Hallman Jr. will discuss his book on faith "A Stranger's Gift" at a forum next month.

Pat Sanders, retiring Kelso Elementary principal, has loved reading with students such as kindergartner Max Nickila, 6. Instead of being afraid of the principal's office, kids at Kelso often ask to visit Sanders for fun, reading to him and telling him stories about their families.

Now that the Portland City Council has approved a plan for boosting Portland State University with $50 million from a new downtown urban-renewal zone, it's a good time to take a step back: How did the area around PSU qualify for urban-renewal funding in the first place? City officials pointed to three reasons: underuse, old buildings and roads.

Their invention is capable of identifying a wide variety of prescription medications and providing timely information about drugs from online or built-in databases.

The young woman and her 3-year-old daughter stood in a circle of other moms and their children at a gymnastics studio in Tigard.

Alcohol makes people more prone to committing suicide by violent methods like hanging, using a firearm or by falling to death, says a new study.

Washington, May 26 : Nearly a quarter of U.S. suicide victims are legally intoxicated when they die, a large-scale study has found.

Following a national search, Portland State University has appointed Marilyn Moody, dean of the library at Boise State University, as PSU's new University Librarian.