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Your Potluck Might Be a Crime in Oregon
One North Oregon Coast couple learned the hard way. Here’s what they’re doing about it.
Readers Respond to School Closures and Ranked Choice Voting
“If you disrupt the schools of thousands of Portland families at once, you also give thousands of families a reason to reconsider whether PPS is still working for them.”
Why Don’t Oregon Student Outcomes Match Spending?
Candidates for the Oregon Legislature give their diagnosis.
Oregon Universal Health Plan Group Hastens to Meet Deadline
A few weeks ago, it looked like the board tasked with giving lawmakers the template for government-run universal health care plan would get until December to finish its big report. It turns out it had to move faster.
Wildlife Tax Backers Win Sallinger Award
The nonprofit Bird Conservation Oregon named Danielle Moser and Sristi Kamal the winners of the first annual Bob Sallinger Conservation Advocacy Award on Oct. 3.
Business and Labor Groups Launch Political Committee to Back Moderates Running for County Chair and City Council
Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.
State Housing Agency Regularly Exceeds Benchmark for Construction Costs
Oregon has the nation’s second-highest rate of homelessness, yet the state keeps funding affordable housing that costs far more than the national average.
Portland Public Schools Takes Issue With Explosive Bond Audit
Top district officials took issue with the audit’s scope and findings, with PPS’ senior chief of operations disputing “the tenor of the report’s narrative and frequent implication of impropriety.”
Key Questions About the Only Measure on Portlanders’ Ballots Won’t Be Answered Until After the Election
Portland voters will see only one city measure on their ballots this fall. Measure 26-267, if approved, would create a participatory budgeting program that gives Portlanders discretion over how to spend an amount equivalent to 2% of the city’s general fund (roughly $16 million) every year.
Murmurs: PPS Releases Two School Closure Scenarios
School Board members could also choose a third option: defer a decision and maintain the status quo.
Jeff Swickard Is Collecting Downtown Towers. He Says He Has No Plan.
“I’m just not risk averse. I’m not afraid of investing in businesses that I believe in—in things that I believe in.”
Movement Swells to Protest PPS School Closure Proposals
At a Tuesday meeting, the seven members of the School Board faced the reality that, for many Portlanders, the school closure pill won’t go down easily.