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Laura Gunderson

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Director of Public Interest and Accountability for @Oregonian. Share news and opinions at [email protected] 503-221-8378

 Portland, Oregon
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Portland Public Schools, teachers union nearing tentative deal to end strike oregonlive.com/education/202…
Portland Public Schools, teachers union nearing tentative deal to end strike

Portland Public Schools, teachers union nearing tentative deal to end strike

Portland Public Schools and its teachers union appear to have surmounted the major hurdles that have prevented the two sides from agreeing on a new contract over the past several weeks.

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Helen Jung@helenjung12 Nov 2023
We published our editorial calling for an end to the PPS teachers strike online on Friday. It's in print today, on The Oregonian's front page. We rarely publish front-page editorials, but the impact of this strike on students and the community merit it. Schools must be reopened.
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Portland teacher strike, latest in a West Coast wave, likely to impact dozens of Oregon districts oregonlive.com/education/202…
Portland teacher strike, latest in a West Coast wave, likely to impact dozens of Oregon districts

Portland teacher strike, latest in a West Coast wave, likely to impact dozens of Oregon districts

The Portland Public Schools strike is the latest in a wave of educator labor actions in progressive cities up and down the West Coast. Other Oregon school districts and teachers unions are watching...

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“I have at least 4 years to really make some gains on the work that needs to be done. I really think I’m just getting started.” My deep dive into Jessica Vega Pederson's bruising start as she & the govt she leads faces unprecedented challenges/scrutiny. oregonlive.com/politics/2023…
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‘Overwhelming’ concerns about drugs, crime in downtown Portland prompt safety surge oregonlive.com/portland/2023…
‘Overwhelming’ concerns about drugs, crime in downtown Portland prompt safety surge

‘Overwhelming’ concerns about drugs, crime in downtown Portland prompt safety surge

A trio of initiatives, including a Hotel Security District, signal the latest efforts to stabilize the area.

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Child dies from drowning at Portland city pool, parks bureau says oregonlive.com/news/2023/08/…
Child dies from drowning at Portland city pool, parks bureau says

Child dies from drowning at Portland city pool, parks bureau says

A young girl died from drowning at a public pool in Northeast Portland, the parks bureau said Wednesday, marking the first fatal swimming accident at a city-run aquatic center in nearly four decades.

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In Southeast Portland, it’s back-to-a-new-school for hundreds of kids, a change that’s left scars districtwide oregonlive.com/education/202…
In Southeast Portland, it’s back-to-a-new-school for hundreds of kids, a change that’s left scars...

In Southeast Portland, it’s back-to-a-new-school for hundreds of kids, a change that’s left scars...

The toxic politics surrounding the process left little appetite for tackling similar initiatives in the rest of the city, despite declining enrollment across the board.

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Portland parents call for more action over homeless camps near schools oregonlive.com/education/202…
Portland parents call for more action over homeless camps near schools

Portland parents call for more action over homeless camps near schools

Complaints about tent and RV campsites mushrooming around the edges of school properties and adjacent side streets are flooding in, even as schools around the city prepare to reopen next week.

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County audit highlights dysfunction within Portland-Multnomah County homeless services agency oregonlive.com/politics/2023…
County audit highlights dysfunction within Portland-Multnomah County homeless services agency

County audit highlights dysfunction within Portland-Multnomah County homeless services agency

The audit found that the agency failed to pay providers on time and was unable to provide data on the number of people it had housed, among other damning findings.

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Portland’s long-awaited police body camera program launches this week: Here are 7 things to know oregonlive.com/portland/2023…
Portland’s long-awaited police body camera program launches this week: Here are 7 things to know

Portland’s long-awaited police body camera program launches this week: Here are 7 things to know

After nearly a decade of sometimes contentious discussions and negotiations, the Portland Police Bureau ends its tenure Monday as the nation’s largest municipal police agency without body-worn...

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4th person dies in Portland heat wave oregonlive.com/news/2023/08/…
4th person dies in Portland heat wave

4th person dies in Portland heat wave

The death toll of this week’s record-breaking heat wave rose to four people after a person was found dead Thursday in Northeast Portland when the temperature outside was about 92 degrees, Multnomah...

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Oregon’s women’s prison in crisis – ranging from treatment of prisoners to chronic understaffing, outside review finds oregonlive.com/crime/2023/08…
Oregon’s women’s prison in crisis – ranging from treatment of prisoners to chronic understaffing,...

Oregon’s women’s prison in crisis – ranging from treatment of prisoners to chronic understaffing,...

A 229-page review ordered by the Legislature and released Thursday enumerates the problems and shows a prison in crisis, the result of what authors identified as a systemic failure to adequately...

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OHSU to merge with struggling Legacy Health, sources say oregonlive.com/business/2023…
OHSU to merge with struggling Legacy Health

OHSU to merge with struggling Legacy Health

Legacy, the largest hospital chain in Portland, has struggled financially, leading to recent speculation that its leaders might seek a merger or acquisition.

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National ‘embarrassment’: Judge sets 10-day deadline to release people held in jail without lawyer oregonlive.com/crime/2023/08…
National ‘embarrassment’: Judge sets 10-day deadline to release people held in jail without lawyer

National ‘embarrassment’: Judge sets 10-day deadline to release people held in jail without lawyer

The order applies to Washington County, but legal experts say it is likely to have implications statewide as Oregon struggles to find public defense lawyers for indigent defendants.

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Jury awards at least $1.7 million to former Oregon Labor Bureau manager who faced racial discrimination oregonlive.com/politics/2023…
Jury awards $1.7 million to former Oregon Labor Bureau manager who faced racial discrimination

Jury awards $1.7 million to former Oregon Labor Bureau manager who faced racial discrimination

The decision in the case brought by Carol Johnson is a political blow for Val Hoyle, the former labor commissioner who hired and supervised Johnson and is now a first-term member of Congress.

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Hate crime defendant went on the run. Prosecutors said they could do nothing. They were wrong. oregonlive.com/news/2023/08/…
Hate crime defendant went on the run. Prosecutors said they could do nothing. They were wrong.

Hate crime defendant went on the run. Prosecutors said they could do nothing. They were wrong.

The victim, pictured here, says they are deeply disappointed in the way prosecutors handled the case.

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Hearing explosions, Portland brothers flee Maui wildfire at last moment: ‘It was so close to us’ oregonlive.com/nation/2023/0…
Hearing explosions, Portland brothers flee Maui wildfire at last moment: ‘It was so close to us’

Hearing explosions, Portland brothers flee Maui wildfire at last moment: ‘It was so close to us’

The two brothers, both from Southeast Portland, now live in Maui, about as far away as is much time to get from one home to the other as it takes to drive from Beaverton to Oregon City. The younger...

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Portland can ban drinking in public, but not smoking meth or fentanyl. Oregon law is to blame. oregonlive.com/politics/2023…

Portland can ban drinking in public, but not smoking meth or fentanyl. Oregon law is to blame.

“It’s absolutely outrageous."

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Multnomah County will punish ambulance company for slow response times oregonlive.com/portland/2023…
Multnomah County will punish ambulance company for slow response times

Multnomah County will punish ambulance company for slow response times

Since March of last year, American Medical Response has failed to meet contract standards, the county said.

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