News Portlanders for Schools, flush with cash for two campaigns to increase property taxes for schools, today launched two TV ads designed to provoke maximum sympathy for the multimillion-dollar measures. (Sidenote: The latest figures from the state elections division show the Portland Association of Teachers union recently donated $100,000 to the campaign, bringing Portlanders for Schools' total to $1 ...   More

News  A week after the Portland School Board voted torefer a $548 million construction bond to the May ballot, fundraising for a long-dormant political action committee for schools has picked up considerably.In recent days, big-money donations have poured into the “Portlanders for Schools” committee, which supported the successful 2006 local-option levy for Portland Public Schools. ...   More