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5 days ago

City Council Staff Form New Labor Union

Portland City Council aides and operations staff are unionizing as the Council Alliance of Workers and seeking representation by CWA Local 7901.
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5 days ago

City Council May Investigate Administration Over Hidden Bureau Funds

Portland City Council may investigate why the Portland Housing Bureau withheld nearly $21 million in unspent 2021–2024 funds and failed to inform council during TAO.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: ICE Facility Beware, a Big Change for All Ages Shows, and Why Hate Doesn't Always Wear a Hood

Portland City Council passed a land use fee targeting detention-facility impacts after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Good Morning, News: Homeless Sweeps on Trial at City Council, Happy Exploding Whale Day, and Epstein Emails Allege Trump "Knew About the Girls"

City Council will consider redirecting funds from Mayor Wilson's homeless sweeps to housing, food assistance, immigrant/refugee support, and East Portland public-safety improvements.
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Portland Children's Levy Funds Set to Be Disbursed After City Halted, Then Restored Grant Recommendations

In early June, after organizations like HOLLA had been notified of their selection to receive grants from the Portland Children's Levy (PCL), the Portland City Council made an unprecedented decision: voting to reject $70.9 million in grants the PCL allocation committee had awarded for the coming fiscal year and instead extending funding to the program's current large grantees for another year.
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fromPortland Mercury
3 months ago

Good Morning, News: US Border Patrol Takes PNW Firefighters Into Custody, Portland City Councilors to Fly to Vienna, and Avalos Writes with AI

U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a firefighting worksite on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, checked IDs, detained two workers, and an Oregon man has gone missing.
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fromPortland Mercury
6 months ago

Good Morning, News: City Council Redistributes Cops' Wealth, Oregon SWAT's Toxic Email, and America Prepares for "No Kings" Day

Portland City Council debates budget amendments, reallocating $2.2 million from police to safety bureaus amid tensions over police funding.
fromPortland Mercury
7 months ago

City Councilors Advocate for Tenants in Old Town Affordable Housing

It shouldn't be this way; we shouldn't have to take it all the way to the fucking City Council and try to get it in a budget.
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