Veronica Bianco

Portland, Oregon | Colorado College, @ccwsoccer #33 | Editor-in-Chief @outdoor_cc | Reporter/Copy Editor @catalystnews | Formerly @politico PJI, @wweek

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@ChinanuOkoli12 Yay Chinanu! So great to work with you.

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

During my time at @POLITICO Journalism Institute I helped write Florida Playbook, @leonardkl's daily guide to politics in the Sunshine State. Check it out: https://t.co/DCqmgZCKQs

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

That’s a wrap on @POLITICO Journalism Institute 2025! Thankful to have gotten to learn from so many reporters & editors alongside hardworking, motivated student journalists.

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@JanelleIsmay @politico The best two weeks!!

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@ronnibutts @politico You’re the best Ronni!! So excited to see what you do in the future

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@diamywang @politico Yay!!! Good times

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@Jerrwu @politico Thank you Jerry!!!

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

@rachaeldziaba @politico Woohoo!

[POLITICO Press @POLITICOPress]

Announcing POLITICO Journalism Institute's 2025 Class!🎉

These aspiring journalists come from 13 colleges/universities and 2 high schools nationwide. We're thrilled to welcome the next generation of storytellers to PJI!

Read more here👇
https://t.co/VCbgU0jqap

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

On Friday, Portland cops arrested a man for violating city's new camping rules.

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office refused to book him.

The disconnect appears to come down to a misunderstanding of what the term "open booking" means.

Wheeler mad.
https://t.co/DBQKKJ6LIC

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

City spending on a pet project of Mayor Ted Wheeler's chief of staff, Bobby Lee, reached $60,000, new records show.

At the direction of Lee, two festivals received $30,000 apiece to fund water tiger art created by the niece of Lee's ex-girlfriend. https://t.co/wVRgMztinW

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

Mayor Wheeler's chief of staff, Bobby Lee, in May requested a $40k-50k grant from the city's Arts Office for his ex-girlfriend's niece.

He did so after becoming irate that a mural of a water tiger created by the teen had been removed w/o his permission.

https://t.co/COprUzltiG

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

Bands are dropping out of the Out West Music Fest in Dundee, Ore. after learning of the event host's criminal history of possessing child pornography. By @ElizaAronson
https://t.co/pLhalOjc4V

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's DEI council published a Pro-Palestine Statement on an internal webpage, before taking it down as the agency's leadership registered its disapproval:
https://t.co/87COl3ADPQ

[Veronica Bianco @vbianco33]

Two more city council candidates made public statements about the teachers’ union’s Palestine advocacy:
https://t.co/nHxJWsW687

[Sophie Peel @sophiegreenleaf]

Mingus Mapps' flailing campaign for mayor is staring down $17,000 in unpaid bills to vendors. He only has $2,800 cash on hand to pay those debts.

Mapps says he has no intentions of dropping out of the race. https://t.co/5AUd3lVJnZ