Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz Lectures a Parent Who Doesn’t Want a Cannabis Dispensary Next to his Daughter’s Kindergarten

“Do you avoid taking your children to restaurants where alcohol is served?” Fritz asks.

Children With Autism Whose Parents Sued Portland Public Schools Will Get More Help From Therapists Than Their Peers Will

The Good, The Bad & The Awful

Reader, beware: What follows is mostly gossip and opinion.

Murmurs: Black Women Now Lead Portland Fire and Police Bureaus

In other news: Portland school district says more housing improves outcomes.

Portland Public Schools Lobbies for Housing Bill to Support “Desegregation”

Teachers File Federal Lawsuit Saying the Oregon Education Association Prevented Them From Quitting the Union

An anti-union group and three public school teachers filed a new federal lawsuit against the Oregon Education Association.

Business Group Files Paperwork to Begin the Referral of Newly-Passed Billion-Dollar Tax Increase

Gov. Kate Brown already signed the newly passed tax increase into law. Now, a powerful business group will seek its repeal.

PSU Students Help Design a New Burnside Bridge Before the Big One Hits. It Could Include a Bat-Signal.

When the Big One hits, the Burnside Bridge will crumble. Debris will crush portions of Naito Parkway, Interstates 5 and 84, the Eastbank Esplanade and Saturday Market. Drawbridge locks will come unhinged, and the bridge will snap in two and collapse into the Willamette River.