Rob Manning
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A shooting death last week next to Portland State University in Oregon has opened a debate about whether campus police and security should be armed.
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School leaders in the Pacific Northwest are scrambling this summer to deal with lead in school drinking water. Problems first surfaced after parents in Portland, Ore., asked questions about water safety following news from Flint, Mich. Now districts across Oregon and Washington are testing the water and finding higher lead levels than expected.
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There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.
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Several areas of the United States are at risk from a tsunami, but a new government report finds that the states most at risk are unprepared for a disaster of the magnitude of the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands. Rob Manning of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.