Essentials + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 16, 2009

Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.

August 11, 2009

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) said Monday that it’s time for the federal government to aid police and prosecutors seeking Mexican nationals who commit violent crimes in the United States and flee to Mexico.

January 28, 2009

The national recession obliterating jobs in Oregon nurseries, construction sites and manufacturing facilities is hitting Latinos harder than any other group, primarily because they face distinct challenges that most people in the U.S. don’t.

November 3, 2008

Spanish driver’s license tests drop 90% – tricter driver’s license requirements, which block illegal immigrants from getting a license, have slashed the number of Spanish speakers taking the license test in Oregon.

August 11, 2008

KRYP-FM, known as “El Rey,” has become the king of Portland radio. Only 17 months old, the station is drawing 6.4 percent of the Portland audience listening to radio at any one time. No other privately owned station — country, rock, news/talk — got more than a 5 percent share.

August 10, 2008

Measure Limiting English Learning to Cost Oregonians a Quarter of a Billion Dollars

August 6, 2008

Latino immigrants suddenly avoiding the DMV – The number of Spanish-speaking people taking Oregon’s driving test plummeted in February, just as Gov. Kulongoski’s executive order took effect requiring test-takers to provide valid Social Security numbers.

July 10, 2008

Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy – Oregon

June 19, 2008

Learning the Language: Anti-Bilingual-Education Initiative to Be on November Ballot in Oregon