The next City Council is going to have to make some very difficult decisions regarding what to fund and how. What essential services must the city provide and how should the city sustainably fund them? We’ve fractured our government apparatus. So while streamlining, we must conti...
The following year, the Portland City Council adopted a resolution barring employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.Portland’s first gay pride celebration took the form of indoor events such as dances, sponsored by The Second Foundation. The first outdoor public pride festival ...
The city of Portland, Oregon, has put on hold a vote on the controversial proposal to expand its city utility tax to wireless phones and other services because it lacks support from the city council, and from the public. The proposal would have lowered the tax on traditional, landline ...
Among the many changes to Portland’s city government, one of the most consequential—for both councilors and members of the public—is the introduction of council committees. These committees, which City Council members hashed out at a Wednesday evening meeting, will serve as the primary venue ...
YOUR HEAD.) • 2024 Wrapped: Top Stories That Emerged From Portland City Hall A City Council's uphill battle to regulate homelessness. A commissioner shrouded in controversy. A city government, transformed. Check out some of the biggest stories out of Portland City Hall in 2024. ...
(who later became Portland’s mayor) had introduced the state’s first gay rights bill, which failed to pass by just two votes. There were even enough gay rights groups to hold an Oregon Gay Political Caucus. The following year, the Portland City Council adopted a resolution barring ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland City Council has voted to ban the sale and use of fireworks in the city. The unanimous vote Wednesday comes after a temporary ban in 2021 around the Fourth of July, TheOregonian/OregonLive reported. ...
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Portland City Council greenlights $4.6M boost for council, mayoral budgets as deep cuts loom The move comes as the city faces a growing financial shortfall. 20h agoShane Dixon Kavanaugh Subscriber Key that denotes Subscriber Exclusive content. ...
Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmouth and inc. 1786. The largest city in Maine, it (together with neighboring South...