EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon’s labor commissioner visited Eugene Wednesday to see how state grant money is helping local high schoolers. The 4J School District got more than $400,000 from the Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant. That’s money that’s supposed to help schools develop innovative science, technology, engineering and math curriculum. 4J used it to … Continue reading »
Average Wages Show Downward Trend
EUGENE, Ore. — The Bureau of Labor Statistics says wages across the country were on a downward trend last year. The bureau compared wages from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2011 and found that the average weekly wage across the nation dropped 1.7 percent. Oregon fared better, showing just a … Continue reading »
