FREEDOM in the NEWS

Dec. 8, 2022

Oregon Education Association sees drop in membership totals

“These numbers do not reflect the additional 600 Oregon teachers the Freedom Foundation has directly helped leave the OEA since April, when the union’s numbers were reported. All told, the union’s active membership has dropped below 80 percent. ‘If OEA wants to blame someone for those defections, its leaders need only look in the mirror,’ said Freedom Foundation Oregon Director Jason Dudash.”

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“So, in Oregon, are we shocked that teachers’ union membership has plummeted some 20 percent recently? Freedom Foundation Oregon Director Jason Dudash said no autopsy is needed to explain the collapse. These union officials only need to look in the mirror to see what’s wrong. Many teachers are devoted to their job, passionate, and want to teach—I know, a shocking development.”

Nov. 29, 2022

Washington state capital gains tax can move forward with Supreme Court case pending

“The tax would apply only to capital gains of more than $250,000. And it would exempt many other potential capital gains including real estate land and structures; retirement accounts; livestock for farming or ranching; and the sale of timber and timberlands, among other exceptions.The tax faced two lawsuits that were consolidated. The first was filed by the conservative Freedom Foundation.”

Nov. 23, 2022

Thank you for recognizing our freedoms of press and speech

“Just a short note following last week’s letter to the editor regarding the Freedom Foundation opinion piece. Thank you, Star News, for practicing and believing in the freedom of the press and speech. I am sure the British felt the same way about Thomas Paine’s pamphlets many years ago. Not that either are in the same class, both were dissenters at the time.”

— Deanna Wagner, Donnelly

Dec. 8, 2022

Internal documents reveal Oregon teacher’s union exodus is a crisis of its own making

“The breaking point for many Oregon teachers came during the pandemic. As the Freedom Foundation reports: “While demanding public schools remain closed to in-person learning despite credible evidence showing youngsters seldom contract the virus and almost never die of it, OEA and its labor allies successfully blocked hundreds of children from continuing their education at virtual public charter schools in 2020.”