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Somehow, Portland Is Sitting on $106 Million in Unspent Housing Dollars
The number of unspent dollars in Portland Housing Bureau coffers, for months believed to be $21 million, has grown fivefold in a week. As business closed Friday afternoon, City Administrator Raymond Lee disclosed that the surplus now totals a whopping $106 million.
OHSU Research Union Threatens to Strike
A nascent research workers union at Oregon Health & Science University says it will strike Feb. 18 if it doesn’t reach a labor deal by then with management.
Portland Public Schools Calls on Legislature to Prevent Cuts Amid a Heated Spending Debate
The call for more money comes during a delicate short session in the Oregon Legislature.
OHSU Board to Consider Turning Hillsboro Primate Research Center Into Sanctuary With Help From NIH
The move, even toward talks, is a victory for animal rights activists who have the Trump administration on their side.
Shannon Singleton Announces Candidacy for Multnomah County Chair
The District 2 commissioner aims to succeed Jessica Vega Pederson, who has chosen not to run for a second term.
Read Three Stories About Good Intentions Crumbling in Portland Buildings
We’re calling this edition “The Structural Issue.”
A Last-Minute Effort to Prevent Cleveland High School’s Demolition Stokes Anxiety
The same 1929 building that poses safety concerns to students also, in Alex Krach’s view, poses immense historical significance and merits preservation.
In Southwest Portland, Infill Housing Meets a Neighbor With a Keen Interest in Surveying
Drive around most any Portland neighborhood, and you’ll see tall, skinny houses standing two or three abreast. But squeezing the new dwellings into Portland neighborhoods isn’t always easy.
A Drug Market Moves Into a Home Forward Apartment Building
Reporting by WW over the past two months shows how the housing agency failed to keep a nearby drug market from setting up shop in the hallways outside Gary Opel’s apartment door.
Lawmakers Mull Dialing Back Funding for Medical Residencies
The education programs give medical school graduates hands-on experience before they get their license. The idea to trim state support is not widely beloved.
Murmurs: The Skanner Closes Shop
“I always said that each generation should leave the world a little bit better than it was when they found it. And we know that Portland is better than it was 50 years ago. And we hope that the next generation will make it better than it is now.”
Prominent Portland Psychiatrist Corresponded With Jeffrey Epstein, Emails Show
Documents released by the federal government show that the notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein was in correspondence from 2015 to 2017 with a Portlander: Dr. Paul Conti, a nationally prominent psychiatrist and consultant with a private practice in Southwest Portland.