More properly, infrastructure — water, stormwater, sewage and right-of-way. Infrastructure takes up 50% of the city budget, ...

Alex Zielinski / OPB Portland’s brand-new city council elected its first leader Thursday in a vote that previewed the political dividing lines to come and just how complicated winning a majority ...

The new committees will be where councilors craft a majority of their policy. The Portland City Council Wednesday night approved the formation of eight subcommittees, their topics and their members.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Thursday marked an important first day on the job for Portland’s new City Council as the 12 members voted on who would serve as the council’s president. But the ...

I would be open to that … This is a new thing for Portland to have a city council that is independent from the mayor and the administration of the city. And how we design our council ...