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Voters should reject a measure that would divert the equivalent of 2% of the city’s general fund for projects selected by Portlanders, the editorial board writes. The proposed “participatory budgeting...

“It basically looks like a seventh grade lunch room every time I watch a City Council meeting,” one resident said.

In a blistering attack on the court, President Trump said “these are not the people I interviewed” to serve as justices.

Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska has shown quiet support for President Trump’s tariffs. His brother, the head of their family business, has described the economic volatility as an enormous challenge.

Portlanders are feeling iffy about their new government.

Some senators and election officials have warned that changes at the USPS could delay the application of postmarks and prevent otherwise valid ballots from being counted.

Measure 26-267 would divert millions of our tax dollars away from essential city services, including fire and emergency response, parks, 911 dispatch, and homelessness services. Vote NO by November 3.

On a Monday afternoon last July, Jacob Hoopes appeared in court for the first time. A few days prior, he’d woken up to find armed FBI agents outside his Portland home. They handcuffed Hoopes and two o...

The only ballot measure Portlanders will decide this November is facing organized opposition, and it’s coming from the city’s top elected official and some of the region’s most powerful labor unions.

The city is preparing to reinstall the Abraham Lincoln in the South Park Blocks, six years after protesters toppled it. But the city's plans to place it on a much lower pedestal changes the meaning of...

Far-right political commentator and deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in ICE custody, the agency's database shows.

Deputy City Administrator Priya Dhanapal will resign Sept. 4.

Joe Lonsdale’s Cicero Institute lobbies to make sleeping outdoors a crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening.

With a looming December deadline, both sides have an exceedingly narrow window to land an agreement.

Getting Portland’s City Council to agree is hard. Getting them to answer our survey was too.

In addition to addressing the true costs of preschool operating expenses, the county commissioners should address a couple of other true costs: 1. Preschool for All Fund Balance and Scheduled Tax Inc...

The pair did not sign agreement and cannot speak about it for now

Reader's AI-enhanced imagination fills in what the public was not allowed to witness

Signed agreement by city administrator would reverse unanimous vote of City Council in 2025

Portland just banned foie gras. Not food waste. Not hunger. Not seafood fraud. Not PFAS contamination. Foie gras. To be clear, reasonable people can disagree about foie gras production. But when el...

The new increases come on top of historic hikes last year.

A new city report confirms what Portlanders already know, and there are only days left to put a real fix on the November ballot.

Before 2020, waits averaged between eight and 10 minutes, the report commissioned by the City Council found.

"The danger of this ruling is that it creates an incentive to use the border as a place where rights are diminished."

My latest piece examines new reporting about the funding behind the proposed Participatory Budgeting Initiative and asks three simple questions: • Who is paying for this campaign? • What existing c...

Mary Peltola, the Democrat most likely to win a red-state Senate seat this year, is largely unknown outside her home state. That’s not a coincidence.

Um, who is ultimately responsible for making sure contractors are “accountable and responsible” with public dollars if not the county chair? “Vega Pederson called the findings “shocking.” She noted t...

“Don’t just be a leader,” the book jacket urges. “Be a Supreme one!”

Portland minister calls for removal of Department of War ad promoting political views in movie theaters.

Join your neighbors, business owners, and local stakeholders for a Town Hall focused entirely on policing and public safety in the Pearl District, a topic that directly affects every one of us.Communi...

https://lnkd.in/ghKNnGgV The latest Oregonian' reporting raises even more questions about this (non)participatory budgeting initiative campaign's commitment to transparency. If the sponsors and funde...