Future Portland is a local group focused on sensible government solutions to livability. Attend their event on April 23rd at Hotel Zags featuring Rational In Portland, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez, and Portland Police Chief Bob Day.

https://futureportland.org/events

Dr. Eric Fruits returns to the podcast to discuss many proposed tax increases facing Oregonians.

https://laweconcenter.org/author/ericfruits/

https://web.pdx.edu/~fruits/

https://cascadepolicy.org/team/eric-fruits/

https://x.com/ericfruits?lang=en

Max Steele and I rank all 12 Portland City Councilors, including a DSA extremist councilor who defended a group involved in violent protest this week and had a formal complaint filed against her chief of staff for harassing women. We cover all the details.

https://recalibrateportland.substack.com/

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/03/protest-against-old-town-hotel-owner-turns-violent-as-homeless-aid-effort-splits-neighborhood.html

Thad Fisco is a longtime Portland business owner and CEO of Portland Kettle Works, we talk about how Portland policies have become anti-business and what needs to change to fix Portland's economic doom loop.

https://www.portlandkettleworks.com/

Jeff Eager returns to the show and is the founder of Oregon Roundup, a centrist news and media organization and he's also the former Mayor of Bend, Oregon #nwfresh #oregon #northwest #nwfresh #portland #bendoregon https://oregonroundup.com/https://oregonroundup.substack.com/https://www.oregonfoundation.org/Follow NW Fresh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm

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Maia Poet shares her story on how she was pressured to transition from female to male at a young age, and why being in Israel on October 7th 2023 changed her life and made her want to become a detransitioner.#detransition #trans #israel #israelpalestineconflict #israelhamaswar #maiapoetFollow NW Fresh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm

Shane Alderson is the Chair of Baker County Oregon and we discuss the top issues facing the Eastern Oregon County including wildfires, rural hospitals, and more.https://www.bakercountyor.gov/commissioners/commissioners.html#bakercounty #easternoregon #nwfresh #ruralhospitals #oregon Follow NW Fresh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm

Clark County Matters is a group in Washington State to unite people to advocate for the future of Vancouver and Clark County.https://clarkcountymatters.com/https://www.facebook.com/ClarkCountyMatters/https://www.instagram.com/ClarkCountyMatters/#clarkcountywa #clarkcounty #nwfreshFollow NW Fresh on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nwfreshpodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ENriVzZNueNAuexWX0fN4X: https://twitter.com/azcfilm