Murmurs As first reported April 23 at wweek.com, local and federal law-enforcement agents have put Reed College on notice that illegal drugs will not be tolerated at the elite private school (see “Highe ...   More

Murmurs Lars Larson has forced Oregon State University and The Oregonian to rename and rejigger their jointly run Newspaper Institute for Minority High School Students. Gone is the word “minority.&rdquo ...   More

Murmurs Two huge hurdles loom as City Council prepares to hear a resolution that seeks to advance Mayor Sam Adams’ redevelopment plan for Memorial Coliseum. Adams’ plan calls on the Portland Devel ...   More

Murmurs Portland Public Schools’ department for teaching English to immigrant and refugee students, already under state scrutiny for its performance, faces a new controversy. The department wants to shi ...   More

Murmurs Now that City Council has voted 5-0 to spend $20 million from the Bureau of Environmental Services on the Bicycle Plan for 2030, the question is where to spend the money in Portland. On that question ...   More

Murmurs The campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams started using paid signature gatherers last weekend. But that’s not the only news coming from the mostly volunteer group. Earlier this month, the campaign ...   More

Murmurs Commissioner Randy Leonard has a new plan to arm Water Bureau security guards. Using an obscure state provision, Leonard wants the guards to become “special” police officers, according to ...   More

Murmurs The Portland Development Commission is preparing to buy out some employees and lay offothers because the agency has few projects. PDC showed union reps draft plans this week and hope to finalize a pac ...   More

Murmurs Grant High School’s student newspaper reports that principal Joseph Malone, who is retiring at the end of this school year, wants every Grant student at school dances to take a breathalyzer ...   More

Murmurs Mountain bike advocates who hope to open Forest Park to more cycling face a contentious meeting with critics this week at City Hall. That’s because, in advance of the meeting Feb. 25, one member ...   More