Amanda Fritz

KOIN is reporting Hector Lopez, the former Rex Putnam High School senior class president who was deported to Mexico, has been released from jail in Arizona in time to spend Christmas with his…

I was very glad to read in Sunday’s Oregonian a guest column analysis of a “PolitiFact” article titled “Beaverton distorts homeless roll call”. The PolitiFact report assessed whether the Beaverton School District’s reporting…

Two of my favorite videos in the series targeted to miserable teenagers (are there any not-miserable teenagers?) at risk for suicide: President Obama Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors and company It does get better.

I was about to leave home for work on Wednesday morning, when I received a phone call from my friend and colleague Commissioner Nick Fish. He asked if I’d seen Anna Griffin’s column…

Pete Colt, super-volunteer and advocate in the Northwest District Association (NWDA) neigboborhood, posted the following in a comment on Willamette Week’s article about me published a few weeks ago. Pete states eloquently why…

It is truly exciting and satisfying that there are two dynamic, well-qualified women vying for the District 2 seat on the Multnomah County Commission, seeking to represent North and Northeast Portland. I’ve thought…

John Kitzhaber: “During my previous two terms as governor, we created over 125,000 jobs in Oregon; wages rose by 49 percent and our state gross annual product rose by 48 percent. For those…

According to deadspin.com, the following is an exchange between aides to the U.S. Ambassador in London and the United Kingdom Ambassador in Washington D.C., prior to the epic USA v. England match in…

I know, I know, those three words are rarely seen together. In sixteen months of working with Dan, I think the most intense display of positive emotion I’ve seen from him has been…

The primary election in Oregon is not the only important issue voters face in May. In Britain, the ruling party gets to choose when to call for an election (within set parameters), and…