Protesters Suing Trump, Portland Schools Under Fed Investigation, and Local Pizzeria Targeted
Today, we're talking about how Portland’s housing authority, Home Forward, is taking ages to fill vacant apartments, why the Trump administration is once again investigating Portland Public Schools, and updates on local leaders' attempts to combat federal overreach. Joining host Claudia Meza on today’s Friday news roundup are Stumptown Savings founder Bryan M. Vance and our very own producer Giulia Fiaoni.
Discussed in Today's Episode:
- It Takes Home Forward 185 Days on Average To Fill an Apartment at One of Its Buildings [Willamette Week]
- US Department of Education Opens Investigation Into PPS’s Center for Black Student Excellence [Willamette Week]
- US Education Department Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Portland Public Schools' Center for Black Student Excellence [KGW]
- Portland Protesters and Journalists Are Suing Trump and the DHS. Oregon’s Attorney General Just Stepped In To Help. [Portland Mercury]
- ‘A Win for Oregon’: 9th Circuit Dismisses Trump Appeal Over National Guard Deployment [Oregonian]
- Temporary Tear Gas Restriction Outside Portland’s ICE Building Extended [Oregonian]
- ‘Food Is Political’: A Portland Pizzeria Shared Its Anti-ICE Stance. Then It Was Targeted by a Conservative Social Media Site [Oregonian]
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