May 12 2021
The Portland City Commissioner said the audit of the embattled bureau should be released before Thursday s vote on next year s budget.
Portland Commissioner Mingus Mapps is calling on the city to release the contested third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic Life before the Thursday, May 13, vote on next year s budget.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt ordered Portland officials to release the audit of the embattled bureau on Tuesday, May 11. Schmidt said the office was not exempt from disclosure because of attorney-client privilege as the Portland City Attorney s Office had claimed. A former office employee and three news organizations had appealed the denial of their public records requests to Schmidt s office. One of them was Oregon Public Broadcasting, which has reported extensively on the bureau s problems.
Bonamici hears concerns of community colleges, students April 24 2021
Federal aid is coming, but lawmaker is told that colleges would like help to maximize benefits.
Community colleges and their students will benefit from an array of federal aid programs, but presidents and students told U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici they would like help maximizing their benefits.
President Joe Biden s pandemic recovery plan, which Congress passed and Biden signed on March 11, contains $40 billion for higher education Oregon s share is estimated at $400 million plus $39 billion nationally for child care, and other sums for vaccinations, food and housing assistance. These are challenging systems to navigate. We ve been doing this for more than three years. We know we need benefit navigators to help students to do that, Mark Mitsui, president of Portland Community College, said during a conference call with Bonamici.
Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
Friends and colleagues recall Washington County congresswoman s push to resolve tough issues.
Tributes are being paid to Elizabeth Furse, who championed the rights of women, migrant farmworkers and indigenous tribes even before she was elected to three terms in the U.S. House from northwest Oregon.
Furse died Saturday, April 17, at her farm near Hillsboro. She was 84.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, who was elected to the 1st District seat in 2012, offered a tribute to her predecessor. As an immigrant and the third Oregon woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, she was a trailblazer and an inspiration to many including me, the Democrat from Beaverton said in a statement.
PCC announces retirement of Mark Mitsui, Sylvia Kelley
Mitsui, the president of Portland Community College, will retire after the 2021-22 school year.
Portland Community College s president and executive vice president plan to retire, the college announced Friday, April 16.
Mark Mitsui, who has been president of PCC since 2016, will retire in June 2022, after the 2021-22 school year. Sylvia Kelley, the college s second-highest official, who has served since 2014, will step down this coming December. We re fortunate, and so grateful, to have had President Mitsui and Executive Vice President Kelley at the helm during a time of significant growth and change at the college, in our immediate community, and in our nation, said Mohamed Alyajouri, chair of PCC s Board of Directors, in a statement.