Animal: Beaver, adopted in 1969. The beaver appears on the reverse of the state flag, and Oregon's unofficial nickname is The Beaver State, stemming from the early 19th century when fur hats were ...

Oregon’s state board of education took a big step this week toward banning hate symbols, including the Confederate flag, from the state’s more than 1,200 public school buildings.

BEND, Ore (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Board of Education is sending a strong message. Board member and state Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, told NewsChannel 21 Friday: "I just want all of our students of color ...

Oregon has had the same blue and gold state flag for nearly 100 years. We discuss the pros and cons of the Oregon flag with the editor of the Redmond Spokesman, Tim Trainor, and one of the flag ...

Educators and school employees in an Oregon school district will no longer be able to display any political symbols following a vote Tuesday by the local school board, which initially moved last ...

The Oregon Department of Education issued a temporary ban on hate symbols — including the Confederate flag, swastikas and nooses — in public school classrooms in the state, officials said.

An Oregon school board on Tuesday voted to ban educators from displaying Pride flags, Black Lives Matter symbols or other emblems in the classroom that are considered “political, quasi-political ...

Early Saturday afternoon, the Oregon House passed legislation that would prohibit the displaying of hate symbols in schools and educational programs. This would include nooses, neo-Nazi symbols ...

By a 4-3 vote, the Newberg School Board passed a re-written and more narrowly focused ban on political symbols on school grounds — Black Lives Matter and Pride symbols, flags or t-shirts.

A school board in Oregon on Tuesday voted 4-3 to ban pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners, prompting sharp debate in the district.

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon House has passed legislation that would prohibit the displaying of hate symbols in schools and educational programs. This would include nooses, neo-Nazi symbols ...