Construction controversy at Portland Public Schools referred to DOJ
Oregon's Secretary of State has referred an investigation into Portland Public Schools' construction contracts to the Department of Justice. The probe examines how a Texas-based firm was selected to modernize three high schools.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Oregon's Secretary of State Tobias Read is referring an investigation into Portland Public Schools to the Department of Justice. The investigation looks into questions about how the Texas-based construction firm Procedeo won the contract to modernize three Portland high schools. Trouble started in Dec. 2025, when the PPS School Board agreed to [...]
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