News Roundtable | Psychologists & Prescriptions | PPS Superintendent

• We talk about some of the big national and regional stories of the week with Raahi Reddy, Allen Alley and John Schrag.

• We talk to Oregon Representative Bill Kennemer, who sponsored a bill (HB 3355) to allow psychologists — in addition to psychiatrists — to prescribe drugs to treat patients with mental illness. And Linfield College psychology professor Tanya Tompkins tells us why she's urging Gov. Kate Brown to veto the bill.

• Portland Public Schools has already had one unsuccessful superintendent search and two interim superintendents in the year since Carole Smith retired in July 2016. We talk to newly-elected board chair Julia Brim-Edwards about the ongoing search.

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