The city is seeking proposals for an all-encompassing transit plan — its first in more than 3 decades — in the hopes of aligning transportation policy with its land-use and climate goals.
Grace Benninghoff
Staff Writer
Grace covers city hall and Greater Portland for the Press Herald. She previously covered reproductive health for Texas Monthly and served as the local host of All Things Considered at Vermont Public. Before moving to Maine, Grace attended Columbia Journalism School in New York City and spent many years in Colorado and Oregon working in the non-profit sector. When she isn't reporting you can find her trail-running with her dog Loma, practicing her Spanish, surfing, or making pottery.
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Pious Ali wins 4th term on Portland City Council, beating challenger Sam Aborne
Incumbent Councilor Regina Phillips will also start a new term representing District 3 after running uncontested for reelection.
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Portland voters widely approve measure that will raise minimum wage to $19
Stakeholders on both sides said Wednesday that the outcome — 62.7% of voters supported the incremental wage hike — was a clear statement from city residents that the cost of living is simply too high.
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Portland City Council raises snow parking ban fee, hotel inclusionary zoning changes
Fees for those who don’t move their cars during a snow parking ban will more than triple. The hotel inclusionary zoning fee will nearly double.
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Candidates for Portland’s only contested City Council race see housing as top issue
Incumbent Councilor Pious Ali and political newcomer Sam Aborne are vying for an at-large seat.
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Portland voters set to decide on minimum wage hike
If Question A is approved at the polls, the city’s wage floor would incrementally rise to $19 an hour by 2028.
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Tenants, landlords still frustrated as Portland works to improve rent control enforcement
Months after a City Council workshop in which councilors pushed for city staff to uphold the rules more strictly, the city has taken some steps to crack down. But stakeholders on both sides still say there’s much more to be done.
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Part of Riverside Trail closed indefinitely because of safety, maintenance concerns
Several homeless encampments had cropped up along the trail over the past year as city officials cracked down on public camping. That caused a roughly 1-mile stretch of the trail to fall into disrepair, the head of Portland Trails said.
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What are Voter Registration Acknowledgement Notices, and what should you do if you get one?
The forms are routinely sent out by local election officials to confirm voter registrations or changes to them but sometimes cause confusion.
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Portland councilors weigh future of moratorium that halted Live Nation project
Two councilors suggest resolving concerns about the plan by requiring large venues to contribute a percentage of ticket prices to support public transportation, local entertainers and independent venues.