Older students typically get left out of the literacy conversation. A summer program at Portland Public Schools is trying to change that.

The city has moved the Grant Bowl lighting project forward

The move indicates that downtown Portland is still a tough neighborhood for the boutique hotels that helped define it.

Here’s another look at three disputes we reported in the past week.

State Rep. Kevin Mannix (R-Salem) and co-petitioner Michelle Mhoon have filed a ballot initiative to do away with the estate tax completely.

Former city commissioner and onetime mayoral hopeful Carmen Rubio is the new executive director of Janus Youth Programs, a nonprofit that serves at-risk children and teenagers in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Another 200 nurses at Legacy Health hospitals in Oregon and Washington voted to join the Oregon Nurses Association last week, pushing the union’s representation to a new high in the hospital system.

The U.S. could stop adult boosters for both tetanus and diphtheria, which are given together, saving the strapped U.S. healthcare system about $1 billion a year, says Mark Slifka.

Adena Long has resigned from her position as the director of Portland Parks and Recreation after she was placed on administrative leave last month.

Kevin Mannix changed his vote after a large appropriation to a project he favors. He says there’s no connection.