Portland City Council
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2025
Portland City Council, school board discuss who should be subject to ethics oversight
In November, the council delayed a vote to officially establish an ethics board after councilors couldn't reach a consensus on who should be under its purview.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2025
Portland mayor uses State of the City address to ask for state’s help with homelessness, public safety
Mayor Mark Dion said that Portland has done all it can with finite resources
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PublishedDecember 16, 2024
Portland City Council approves license for Payson Park music festival
The 2-day festival will be held in early August and could draw up to 12,500 people per day.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2024
Portland schools’ strategic plan takes center stage at State of the Schools address
Sarah Lentz, chair of Portland's Board of Education, reviewed the plan during an annual State of the Schools address to the City Council Monday night.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2024
New city councilors take their seats in Portland
Ben Grant, Sarah Michniewicz and Wes Pelletier were sworn in and officially took their seats on Monday night.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2024
More than 100 rabbis call for Portland boycott
Over 2 months after the Portland City Council voted to divest from companies doing business in Israel, a group of Jewish leaders from across the United States bought an ad encouraging people to boycott the city.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2024
Portland’s ethics commission still isn’t ready after 2 years. It may not be what voters thought.
The City Council postponed a vote to establish the commission after some councilors raised concerns that the draft ordinance wasn't what was intended.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Portland City Council votes to establish climate action fund
The fund would pay for projects that would reduce the city's carbon emissions.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2024
Portland City Council races decided after ranked choice runoff
Ben Grant, Sarah Michniewicz and Wes Pelletier have won seats on the council. Maya Lena was elected to the school board.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2024
Portland council approves first major changes to zoning rules in decades
The councilors unanimously approved the years-in-the-making 'ReCode' effort to redraw the city's land use ordinance for the first time since the 1970s.
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