NEWS
Oregon: No Place to Die
Oregonians in their golden years are advised to leave the state to avoid the estate tax, and no one is tracking the number who do.
Legal Challenge Filed Against Ballot Initiative Aimed at Rerouting Climate Tax Dollars to Police
A group of people representing local nonprofits have filed a legal challenge to a ballot initiative that aims to reroute money from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to hiring 400 additional police officers.
Union Says Portland Hospital Fails to Address Inappropriate Behavior by ICE Agents
The document raises questions not just about federal agents’ conduct, but about inconsistencies in a major Portland health system’s policies and practices regarding federal immigration officials on its grounds.
Will Eating Raw Pork Actually Kill You?
Trichinosis has been eradicated from the farmed pork supply. But not from bears.
Preschool for All Seats Will Double Next Year, Multnomah County Says
Multhomah County says it will almost double the number of taxpayer-funded Preschool for All seats available to students in the 2026-27 school year. But declining birthrates and migration indicate that the program won’t have as many kids to serve at the end of the decade.
Seller of Electric Leaf Blowers Sees Opportunity in Portland Policy
Complaining about business conditions in Stumptown is de rigueur. Kevin Cardoza is mining one law for profits.
Whooping Cough Cases in Oregon Surpass Annual Record
Vaccination rates have been declining—a “dangerous trend,” an official says.
City Council Hires Raymond Lee as Next City Administrator
The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to appoint Raymond Lee as the city’s first long-term city administrator, the most powerful bureaucratic position in the city.
How Can 955 Home Forward Units Sit Empty When 7,500 People Are Sleeping Outside?
In a county where 7,500 people are sleeping outside on any given night, how can 955 publicly subsidized units sit empty?
Mississippi’s Reading Turnaround Holds Lessons for Oregon
With an approach built on “the science of reading,” Mississippi has schooled Oregon.

















