Kate Brown in 2017 Governor's State of the State speeches

On Education: Oregon Promise: community college access program

In the 2015 session, we worked together and achieved some important accomplishments:

We adopted meaningful ethics reforms needed to regain the trust of all Oregonians.
We invested in a seamless system of public education from cradle to career, including early childhood education, all-day kindergarten, and our community college access program, the Oregon Promise.
We expanded the Oregon Opportunity Grants to help more Oregon students pay for college.

Source: 2017 State of the State/inaugural address to Ore.Legislature Jan 9, 2017

On Jobs: Raised minimum wage for struggling Oregon families

We passed paid sick leave [in the 2015 session] so that more workers would no longer have to choose between keeping their job or paying their rent. We also got stuff done during the 2016 short session. We raised the minimum wage, thereby supporting Oregon families struggling to make ends meet, and making the statement that no one working full time should be living in poverty. Source: 2017 State of the State/inaugural address to Ore.Legislature Jan 9, 2017

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