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A congressional panel yesterday heard testimonies about the impact of and fight against sexual harassment in the sciences. Four women prominent and successful in their fields spoke about the need to reform not just the laws but also a harmful culture that considers such behaviors permissible and fosters systemic inequity.

A controversial Department of Labor proposal could cost service workers billions of dollars in tips, experts say — and female service workers would be hit the hardest. The proposal has met harsh criticism, and earlier this month, the agency's inspector general announced his office is reviewing allegations that Labor officials buried unfavorable economic analyses of the plan.

new concern for Democratic gadfliess: Suspicious stock trades may have been timed to Education Department announcements. Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) have written a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos "urging her to address disclosure of non-public information about important Department of Education actions."

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced six town hall meetings across the First Congressional District, which includes Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Columbia counties and part of Multnomah County.

Bonamici will take questions from residents and provide an update on her work in Congress. The town hall meetings will be held in Portland, Beaverton, McMinnville, St. Helens, Forest Grove, and Astoria.

A comprehensive approach to addressing the opioid crisis should encompass safe injection sites, former White House drug czar Michael Botticelli said during a discussion in Portland Friday at Central City Concern.

"If you wait until they have an overdose, it's too late," said Botticelli, who served in the Obama White House and is now the executive director of Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine. "We need to think about things like expanding needle exchange programs."