Updated: 9:20 am Sept. 30 A short-lived political advocacy organization that ruffled feathers with downtown billboards targeting elected officials is reportedly calling it quits. As first reported by The Oregonian, People For Portland is shuttering its organization and its associated activities. That announcement comes six months after the state deemed the group violated Oregon election […]
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Judge: Portlandโs New Police Accountability Board Must Be Operational In a Year
Four years after Portland voters approved a measure for a new community-led police oversight board, the city is finally on track to implement it. A 4-1 vote earlier this month by the Portland City Council paved the way for the new Community Board for Police Accountability to be codified into the cityโs charter, but the […]
Good Morning, News: JD Vanceโs Latest Gaffe, Violent Crime Plummets, and Portland May Actually Get a Baseball Team
The Mercury provides news and fun every single dayโbut your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! Todayโs high could get up to 90 degrees. Canโt […]
Good Morning, News: Auditors Let Gonzalez Slide on Wikipedia Edits, the Plastics We Consume, and Portland Is No Longer the Whitest City
The Mercury provides news and fun every single dayโbut your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! Sunday marks the first day of fall. ๐ Summer […]
Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws
The Portland City Auditorโs Office announced Monday that it found โinsufficient evidenceโ to support allegations of campaign finance violations from City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez. The investigation was launched after the cityโs Elections Office (a division of the Auditorโs Office) received two emailed complaints and one formal complaint last month about Gonzalezโs use […]
Good Morning News: Mayoral Candidates Rack Up Traffic Tickets, JD Vance Makes Bogus Claims, and Tributes Pour In For James Earl Jones
The Mercury provides news and fun every single dayโbut your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland!ย It’s Sept. 10, which means it’s now an acceptable time […]
Police ID Officer Who Shot a Man in the Portsmouth Neighborhood
Update: 9:43 am: Portland Police Bureau body camera footage from this incident was released Monday, Sept. 9. A link to the footage is included below. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) identified the officer who shot and injured a man in the Portsmouth neighborhood on Aug. 24 as Nicholas Morales. Morales has been with PPB for […]
Good Morning, News: Fred Meyer Union Calls for Boycott, Multnomah County is for Lesbian Lovers, and Judge Rejects Trump’s B.S. “Immunity” Claims
If youโre reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercuryโs news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we canโt do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
Good Morning, News: Massive Protests in Israel, the Return of Drug Crackdowns, and the Teens Are Not Alright
The Mercury provides news and fun every single dayโbut your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! Today is Tuesday, September 3. Hope you enjoyed Labor […]
Portland Police Sergeant Placed on Leave After Drunk Driving Arrest
An off-duty Portland police sergeant is on administrative leave after he was arrested in July for impaired driving in Minnesota. Sgt. Patrick Mawdsley, 49, was placed on leave after he reported an arrest that occurred on July 3 in Meeker County, Minnesota. According to the Portland Police Bureau, Mawdsley was off-duty when he crashed a […]
Good Morning, News: The Dems Have COVID, Dr. Bronner’s Loves Psychedelic Shrooms, and RFK Jr.’s Gruesome Whale of a Tale
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Good Morning, News: Foo Fighters Get Fireworks Downtown, George Santos is Headed to Prison, and Notes on What Portland Can Learn From Harlem
If youโre reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercuryโs news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, our fun and sometimes spicy news roundups, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we canโt do it without your support. If you […]
