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.
-
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.
-
Three former leaders of Aequitas Capital Management are headed to federal prison following a sentencing decision Thursday.
-
July’s 3.4% percent is the lowest the jobless rate in the state has been since the end of 2019, and before the pandemic shot the unemployment rate into double digit territory.
-
Oregon’s jobless rate fell, while the national rate went up. Both ended up at 3.7% for May.
-
Hospitalizations could triple by June - but peak numbers should remain far below the highs seen two years ago.
-
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.
-
The financial inquiry by the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General is the latest review of Chemawa Indian School in Salem.
