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18 May 2023, 8:15 am by Jack Bogdanski
And sure enough, in the O it comes out as –Local public radio, OPB, wrote it up as –But if you read the actual report, which is here, you see that its actual number 1 conclusion is quite different:In other words, if  you lived or went to school down there between 1974 and 2016, there's no telling what you inhaled or what diseases it might have set you up for. [read post]
10 May 2023, 10:30 am by Jack Bogdanski
“I’m from east Portland, I grew up here, I went to public schools, and I see that we have really big challenges related to homelessness, access to mental health services, drug treatment and also our neighborhoods are less safe,” Brim-Edwards told KOIN 6 News.The candidate says she’s “not at all” satisfied with the county’s response to the homeless crisis. [read post]
10 May 2023, 12:57 am by Jack Bogdanski
Here's a funny one:Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is convening a meeting with regional leaders this week to discuss a flurry of planned or proposed increases in taxes, fees and utility rates bearing down on households and businesses.Wheeler’s office Monday asked representatives from Multnomah County, the Metro regional government, TriMet, Portland General Electric, the Port of Portland and Portland Public Schools “to have an open discussion… [read post]
5 May 2023, 10:00 am by Jack Bogdanski
With that one, the old name – the number – actually gave helpful infrmation.Anyway, yesterday an alert reader sent me a link to this story about mismanagement of facilities at a Portland public high school, and given that it was one of the recently renamed ones, it bugged me that I couldn't tell what school they were talking about. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
That law was met with such public outcry that state officials approved a second measure increasing penalties on violators of the child labor codes. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
 Even Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll denounced the “weaponization” of free speech. [read post]
18 Apr 2023, 4:08 am by Jack Bogdanski
It's almost time for another weekly edition of Willamette Weed & Mushroom, but I'm still thinking about their story from last week, about how the public schools in Portland are losing students fast. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Nashville Shooting Exploited by Right to Escalate Anti-Trans Rhetoric MSN – Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) | Published: 3/30/2023 Conservative commentators and Republican politicians unleashed a new wave of anti-trans rhetoric following the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people, escalating a broader backlash to the rising visibility of transgender people in public life. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 1:00 pm by John Nolon
The research results of our CRD team will be summarized in concise articles and posted on the Haub Law School’s online environmental law publication: GreenLaw. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The focus is on curriculum documentation or the contents of emails between school board members, as concerns have spread over what public schools are teaching about race, gender and sexual orientation. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 7:12 pm by Jack Bogdanski
It's all about "harm reduction," with abstinence quite the afterthought.And of course, the Portland public schools couldn't wait to adopt it. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ron DeSantis’s campaign against what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools, particularly when it comes to race and gender. [read post]
12 Mar 2023, 9:31 am by Dave Maass
Southern Command We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny the Existence of This Award: National Security Agency The Leave No Coffee Mug Unturned Award: General Escobedo, Mexico The Wishy-Washy Access Award: Alphabet and The Dalles, Oregon The Outrageous FOIA Fee of the Year Award: Rochester Community Schools District The Digital Divide Award: U.S. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Group Seeks Disbarment of a Trump-Aligned Lawyer for a Key Jan. 6 Witness DNyuz – Charlie Savage (New York Times) | Published: 3/6/2023 In appearing before the January 6 committee last year, Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide who recounted Donald Trump’s conduct in the lead-up to the attacks on the Capitol, shared how her original lawyer had tried to influence her testimony. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 10:39 am by Jack Bogdanski
But the construction boys will make out nicely, I'm sure.It's a little reminiscent of the public library in Portland, which also gets mid-nine figures every now and then to gussy up their buildings so that they can be populated all day by people who haven't had a bath in many months. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
But other public officials like mayors and city council members were not included, leaving lobbyists free to continue giving them tickets, meals, and other items. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 9:02 am by Jack Bogdanski
Have the Portland public schools been well-managed over that period of time? [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 3:30 am by Kyle Hulehan
(c) Portland’s 4 percent local income tax includes a 1 percent regional and 3 percent county tax. [read post]
20 Feb 2023, 7:28 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Well, Bourbongate is out of the Portland headlines after absolutely dominating them last week. [read post]