Needle Exchanges Save Lives—and Infuriate Neighbors. Now, They Face Budget Cuts at the Edge of Portland.

If the county’s 2020 budget is passed without change, the Gresham mobile exchange will shut down in June.

Portland’s Cannabis Taxes Were Mostly Used to Backfill Police Budgets

Massive Teacher Walkout Demands Education Funding: “Oregon Schools Have Been Starved”

As the legislature considers a $2 billion tax package, students and teachers across Oregon marched in support of public school funding.

Despite Promises to the Contrary, Most of Portland’s Cannabis Sales Tax Given to Police for Traffic Safety

PSU Blocks Off Swath of Southwest Montgomery Street From Cars

The month-long project aims at encouraging students to use the block as a safe community spot.

She Was Excited About E-Scooters in Portland. Then She Broke Her Leg.

Adele Hughes Hromco can walk for short distances at a slow shuffle but still struggles with pain and lack of mobility.

Portland Public Schools Promised a Science Workshop at Low-Income Roosevelt High. Then It Sent the Money to Other Schools.

Board members have long said they want to create equity among schools in rich and poor neighborhoods. Their actions raise questions.

Parkrose School Board Member Intoxicated at Equity Event

He publicly apologized at a board meeting the following week, saying he had “really wanted to watch this film and participate in the equity meeting.”