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Eugene software engineer Miguel Cervera has been a student of blockchain technology for years. “Many of the use cases for NFTs have not been discovered yet,” he says of the technology, which was developed in 2008. “There are a lot of ways we can benefit from it.”
So when
Eugene Weekly jumped on the blockchain bandwagon this spring and auctioned a unique digital image of its April 8 cover as an NFT, it naturally drew Cervera’s attention. The initial bid, from another local software engineer, was $50; Cervera bid it up in $100 increments until it reached $1,000 and won the
EW cover image when the auction closed April 23.
As they say, all politics is local, and in Lane County, local politics gets heated when it’s school board elections.
The issues are huge in K-12 education racism and diversity, COVID, standardized testing and more. We are impressed by all the people willing to take on this tough and important duty. Good board members are simultaneously independent thinkers, willing to question how the board is voting and why, and yet also able to function effectively with other board members they may not always agree with to get things done.
It’s great when voters and candidates get fired up about the school board especially if it means positive changes for the kids. So knowing that Eugene and surrounding communities take their school boards seriously, our small editorial board Zoomed with as many candidates as we could, and sent surveys out to the ones who we either couldn’t squeeze in or who didn’t respond. Some candidates didn’t respond in time or at all.
How protest laws could change in Oregon and states across the country
Lawmakers say they re cracking down on violence, not protests. Critics say the bills would criminalize activities protected by the First Amendment.
Tami Abdollah and Virginia Barreda, USA TODAY
Published
8:29 pm UTC Apr. 22, 2021
Sen. James Manning Jr. on police reform at the Oregon Legislature
Sen. James Manning Jr. on police reform in Oregon
ANDY NELSON/THE REGISTER GUARD, Wochit
After weeks of Black Lives Matter protests last summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided he d seen enough of agitators, as he called them, who were bent on sowing disorder and causing mayhem.
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