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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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.
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The financial inquiry by the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General is the latest review of Chemawa Indian School in Salem. -
Commissioner Val Hoyle's decision to run for Congress left an open seat atop the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries. -
An avian flu that’s spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in Oregon and Washington. Authorities said the discovery in Linn County, Oregon, involved at least three geese in a backyard flock in a rural area. -
Leading the rebound are cities other than Portland, in various parts of Oregon, with Bend ahead of the pack. Bend regained the equivalent of the jobs it had lost during the pandemic by this past January. -
Nyara Sabally was selected fifth overall by the New York Liberty, where she’ll join famous former teammate Sabrina Ionescu, a star player who helped lead the Oregon Ducks in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. -
Report shows some parts of Astoria and Cannon Beach will take quick movement to stay ahead of rising tsunami waters.
