Gov. Tina Kotek fired Jessica Kampfe, the head of the Oregon Public Defense Commission, on Thursday morning. The agency ...

The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they boost student ...

The Justice Department is launching a civil suit against the Maine Department of Education for violating Title IX, a federal ...

Lauren McCauley is the editor of Maine Morning Star. She has covered politics and policy in Maine for more than 10 years and ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering restricting cell phone usage by students. Columnist Randy Stapilus writes that simpler could be better.