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Officials Consider A Later Start Time For High Schools; The Week In Politics

06.08.2018 - By Oregon Public BroadcastingPlay

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With Oregon's school year wrapping up, many high schoolers are looking forward to sleeping in. Many researchers think high school should start later in the day to let teenagers sleep, but that's really hard to do. Rob Manning reports. We also take a look back on the week in regional politics. OPB political analyst Bill Lunch and senior political reporter Jeff Mapes join us to to talk about Sen. Jeff Merkley's visit to the border, Sec. of State Dennis Richardson's announcement about his brain cancer and a legal challenge to a proposed gun measure.

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