EOU hosts Ways & Means hearing

Joint Committee on Ways and Means holds public hearing April 10

News contact: Laura Hancock | University Advancement
Phone: 541-962-3585 | E-mail: lhancock@eou.edu

April 7, 2015

LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – The Oregon Legislature’s full Joint Committee on Ways and Means is holding a field hearing at Eastern Oregon University Friday, April 10.

The meeting runs from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Gilbert Center adjacent to Ackerman Hall and is an opportunity for the public to provide testimony before the committee on priority issues related to the state budget. All are welcome to attend.

Field hearings will continue around the state throughout the month. Saturday, the committee will host a 12:30-2 p.m. hearing at the S.A.G.E Center at the Port of Morrow in Boardman.

Additional hearing sites and times include:

• Tuesday, April 14 – Lincoln City
  6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Lincoln City Cultural Center
• Thursday, April 16 – Gresham
  7 – 8:30 p.m. at Mt. Hood Community College
• Tuesday, April 21 – Portland (PCC Rock Creek)
  7 – 8:30 p.m. – at the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus
• Thursday, April 23 – Springfield
  6:30 – 8 p.m. – (site to be determined)
• Friday, April 24 – Klamath Falls
  5:30-7 p.m. – at the Oregon Institute of Technology
• Saturday, April 25 – Grants Pass
  12:30-2 p.m. –Performing Arts Center Lecture Hall at Grants Pass High School

All hearings are open to the public and members of the press.

For more information about the hearing at EOU contact University Advancement at 541-962-3740 or e-mail ua@eou.edu.