Portland city workers vote overwhelmingly to strike
The unionized employees are part of the city's water, transportation, police and permitting departments. Workers want higher ...
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Portland City Council lays groundwork for increasing city budget by $4.6 million via contingency funds
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland City Council held a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the potential for increasing the city budget by up to $4.6 million. The council voted to pull that extra ...
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Portland city workers vote to strike, mediation talks underway
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — City of Portland workers represented by Oregon AFSCME Local 189 have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike, with 87% supporting the move and 89% of members ...
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Portland mayor uses State of the City address to ask for state’s help with homelessness, public safety
Mayor Mark Dion, in his State of the City address Monday, highlighted public safety and homelessness as two of the biggest issues facing Portland, and said state help is needed to address them.
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Portland city councilors hope to avert closure of NE Portland homeless village
A pair of Portland City Council members Tuesday urged city officials to reconsider plans to shut down a Northeast Portland homeless village for people living in vehicles that opened less than two ...
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Portland City Council greenlights $4.6M boost for council, mayoral budgets as deep cuts loom
The Portland City Council approved a measure Wednesday to increase their own office budgets and that of Mayor Keith Wilson by millions of dollars amid a growing financial shortfall for the city ...
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Portland City Council Increases Its Staffing Budget by $4.6 Million
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the Government Transition Advisory Committee's Council staffing recommendations. The Mercury regrets the error ...
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'OPB Politics Now': Portland’s new City Council begins 2025 with drama, intrigue
On the latest episode of “OPB Politics Now,” reporters Dirk VanderHart and Alex Zielinski discuss the fascinating start of the new era of governance in Portland City Hall. They talked about ...
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Portland City Council approves plan to increase staff for council, mayor
Mayor Keith Wilson and Portland’s City Council argue they don’t have enough staff to fulfill the policymaking and public engagement demands that voters expect of them. Portland City Council ...
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PDX Design Collaborative curates exhibition about Portland’s architectural past, present, and future
Models of historic and contemporary projects in Oregon’s largest city are the subject of an exhibition in Portland. (Courtesy DRAWINGS) The show gathers fifty models spread across two different ...
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Mayor Keith Wilson: Portland city employees must return to office full time
Hundreds of Portland city employees will be required to return to working in-person full time by the spring, Mayor Keith Wilson said in an email Tuesday morning. This comes several weeks after ...