Portland City Council
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PublishedMarch 26, 2024
Portland City Councilor Roberto Rodriguez will not run for second term
The councilor is stepping away from city government after 2 terms on the school board and one on the council.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
Portland City Council votes unanimously to partner with MDOT on Franklin Street redesign
The council also unanimously voted to designate a greenspace in Libbytown as a city park, and to provide a loan for an affordable housing project.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
Tensions on Peaks Island: A road that never existed leads to fear about public access
A strip of land off Ryefield Street – a so-called paper street – has been the site of weddings, afternoon picnics and play dates for decades. But one island family has filed an ownership claim that others worry could cut the public off.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Portland council will vote on program to get homeless people directly into housing
The HOPE program would aim to get people living on the street into a house without a stop at the shelter.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2024
Portland facing possible 9.5% tax hike as City Council begins budget process
The council got its first look Monday night at the challenges going into next year as it begins months of work on the 2025 budget.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2023
Portland City Council sets housing, diversity and climate as top goals for next year
The new City Council met for the second time on Monday to set goals for the upcoming year.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2023
Portland jetport plan to cut trees, add surface parking draws opposition
The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland's tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2023
Portland won’t pause homeless sweeps this winter. Now what?
After the City Council rejected a proposal to allow public camping for the winter, residents of the city's largest homeless encampment at Harbor View Park say they are angry, scared and confused.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
City Council shoots down proposal to allow public camping through the winter
Order 68, which would have ended sweeps of the city's homeless encampments through April, failed on a 6-3 vote early Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
Zoning change would allow large housing project in Portland, but neighbors say it goes too far
East Deering residents argue that the development would bring significant traffic and degrade the area's natural beauty.
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