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Wastewater and street maintenance workers are asking the city to keep wages competitive with the private sector.
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Items on the Foster-Powell restaurant's ever-changing menu disappear faster than a bag of coke at Studio 54.
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Tobacco Retailers Sue Multnomah County Over Ban on Flavored Products
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City officials say they are concerned, but on schedule to transition to a new form of government by 2025.
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City of Portland Office Workers Move to Form an Independent Union
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Wheeler acknowledged that the sweeps aren't a solution to homelessness in Portland.
Isabella Garcia
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In Oregon’s Prisons, Terminally Ill People Are Left with Little Recourse
Proposed legislation would ease the extraordinarily difficult road that incarcerated Oregonians face in securing compassionate release.
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