Celina Tebor

Gregory McKelvey came into Portland’s spotlight as an activist. More recently, he’s made a name for himself as a political strategist: the 27-year-old ran Sarah Ianarrone’s 2020 mayoral campaign and now works as a political consultant at Praxis Political. He’s also the chief of campaigns at Zealous, an organization that supports public defenders in moving their advocacy outside of court. He says his mission in Portland has been to fuse activism and politics, and he joins us to discuss his journey.

A spokesman for the city transportation bureau says fewer people drove in 2020, but those that did went faster.

College enrollment is declining across Oregon. Community colleges have been hit the hardest, with an overall 23% enrollment decline, compared to a 3.8% decline across all institutions. This could spell lasting consequences for both the colleges and students.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler expanded on his proposals to crack down on property destruction in an interview on “Think Out Loud” Monday, framing law enforcement as ill-equipped to apprehend suspects and calling on state legislators to help “update the tool kit” of police officers.

Fifty-four people died due to traffic collisions on Portland’s streets in 2020, surpassing 2019’s count. There haven’t been that many traffic fatalities in the city in 24 years. There's historically a pattern of reduced driving and traffic deaths during recessions, but 2020 bucked that trend. Portland Bureau of Transportation Public Information Officer Dylan Rivera joins us to discuss the increased number of traffic fatalities last year.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was narrowly reelected for a second term in office in a runoff election in November. Wheeler is the first mayor since Vera Katz who will serve consecutive terms as mayor of Portland. He’s recently pledged a tougher stance on people who commit violence and vandalism at protests following demonstrations on New Years Eve. We check in with Wheeler about his plans and goals for his second term in office.

Extremists emboldened by President Donald Trump flooded into the U.S. Capitol building yesterday in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the electoral college.

Hillsboro launched its city-funded broadband internet service in December. Over the next decade, Hillsboro plans to expand the project to establish Oregon’s largest publicly run fiber network. We’ll speak with Hillsboro Mayor Steve Callaway about how rollout is going so far and his vision for HiLight.

Logging in Oregon rakes in billions of dollars annually, but an investigation by OPB, The Oregonian/OregonLive and ProPublica found that the state has prioritized corporations over its small logging communities and the environment. OPB reporter Tony Schick fills us in on the investigation.

OHSU has gathered 13,000 volunteers for its Phase 3 AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial two weeks after it was announced. The university is the only Oregon institution participating in the nationwide trial. We speak with Dr. Marcel Curlin, the lead researcher of the study and associate professor of medicine within OHSU’s infectious disease division.