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Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Every State in our Union has laws to protect the citizens and we have a unique one that pertains to open meetings by governing bodies. This law pertains to rules and regulations that must be followed and concern city councils, school boards, fire districts, etc.…
The ”short” session the legislature holds each even-numbered year is always intense and fast-paced and the 2018 short session was no exception. It was the fourth short session we’ve convened since the voters passed the annual sessions constitutional amendment in 2010, and it was perhaps…
In last week’s edition, The Chronicle reported that at the monthly Creswell School Board (CSB) meeting on Wednesday, March 14, this reporter was unjustly kicked out of an executive session — a violation of Publics Meetings Law. To catch up, read that story here: …
With the recent lawsuit filed Feb. 14 against Creswell School District regarding staff and the sexual assault of a developmentally disabled child in the elementary bathroom, the safety threat of our children clearly comes, not from from the outside, but from within. How can this…
Dear Editor, The Friends of the Creswell Library want to thank everyone who helped make our recent book sale a wonderful success. Over the weekend, we raised just over $3,500, which will go toward the library’s planned expansion project. We were especially grateful to the…
Dear Editor, I am a former Crow Applegate Lorane school board member. Sadly, most of our meetings took place with no member of the public choosing to attend, even as decisions about the lives and tax dollars of our community were made! Fortunately for the…
In the year 1920 the 18th Amendment to the United States of America’s Constitution was ratified and became the law of the land. Section 1 of the Amendment reads as follows: ”After one year from the ratification of the article the manufacture, sale or transportation…
Open government is not a political platform. It is a basic American right. The political landscape is more polarized than ever and there seems to be little common ground for conservatives and progressives. Transparency – keeping the light on the people’s business – ought to…
Hey, how much are you paying in school taxes again? Do you deserve to know what is going on in the school district you help fund — in the schools your kids go to? Do you believe in your right to know; do you believe…