Rob Manning
Rob Manning has been both a reporter and an on-air host at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before that, he filled both roles with local community station KBOO and nationally with Free Speech Radio News. He's also published freelance print stories with Portland's alternative weekly newspaper Willamette Week and Planning Magazine. In 2007, Rob received two awards for investigative reporting from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists, and he was part of the award-winning team responsible for OPB's "Hunger Series." His current beats range from education to the environment, sports to land-use planning, politics to housing.
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The gift from Jordan Schnitzer and the family’s foundation says the funding is intended to prepare the next generation’s international leaders. -
From courthouses to warehouses, the federal government is looking to unload 10 buildings from Eugene to Baker City. -
Results in the two states fell on three out of four exams, despite rising school spending levels. -
The previously unmapped aquifer is estimated to be more than three times the size of the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada. -
The latest audit by the Oregon Secretary of State finds mixed achievement results, with a lack of data making specific conclusions elusive. -
The five days added during Portland Public Schools’ winter break because of the teachers strike have effectively become optional under guidance released late Wednesday. -
Portland Association of Teachers' latest approach to limiting class size would back away from "caps," but Portland Public Schools said it still appears to be prohibitively expensive. -
Portland Public Schools says the union's latest offer wouldn't save nearly as much money as teachers claim it would. -
The Portland Association of Teachers said late Tuesday that an offer sent to the district cut the financial gap between the two sides by $121.6 million. -
Portland teachers and administrators appear to be getting closer to a deal, as negotiations continue toward an elusive contract settlement.
