2024 marked the last year of Portland’s commission form of government. The year was punctuated by a scramble to implement a city charter overhaul and to get City Council chambers remodeled to accommodate an incoming 12-person Council. Along the way, city leaders also responded to public pressure over public drug use and unsheltered homelessness, all […]
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2024 Wrapped: The Year’s Biggest Election News
This story has been updated to include information about ballot box arson, and to correct the name of a political action committee. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That’s how we’d describe the year in politics. Nationally, much of America is bracing for what the next four years will […]
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2024 Wrapped: This Year’s Biggest Environmental News
Clean Energy Fund spending, Willamette River love, and Zenith faces some heat. This was the biggest Portland environment news in 2024.
The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund’s (PCEF) budget is bigger than expected. This year was about figuring out how to spend it. Late last year, updated financial forecasts showed that Portland’s clean energy fund—which is fueled by a 1 percent tax on big business sales in Portland—would have more money to spend on carbon-reduction […]
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2024 Wrapped: The Mercury’s Most Popular News Stories
The news stories you clicked on the most this year.
Over here at the Mercury, we try to be as analytics-neutral as possible—that is, we try not to base our entire self-worth and all our decisions on getting clicks! However, it can be interesting to see which articles get the most attention on the web. If you agree, keep reading to check out the most […]