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“Whatever it takes,” Mayor Ted Wheeler wrote last year, after Columbia threatened to pull out of downtown.
As apartment projects slow, can the city entice developers to offer cheap units?
COSMONAUT / GETTY IMAGES Mayor Ted Wheeler made it official on February 9. Appearing before an advisory committee that’s been studying fixes to Portland’s law requiring relocation payments to renters, Wheeler announced he’d support closing a controversial loophole in the policy. Now, members of a separate but similar committee are quitting in protest. Since Wheeler’s […]
COSMONAUT / GETTY IMAGES The City of Portland is about to jump into the fight against opioid manufacturers. A resolution set to come before Portland City Council next week will authorize the City Attorney’s office to join hundreds of other jurisdictions around the country—including Multnomah County—that are suing drugmakers for what they say were irresponsible […]
Shawn DiCriscio Did you hear? Portland’s roads are congested. That’s terrible news for your car commute, but decent news for the city, which now has millions more than expected to fix roads and make safety fixes on city streets. In its first full year, Portland’s 10-cent gas tax hauled in nearly $20 million, well over […]
After a reversal, has Ted Wheeler made up his mind on renter relocation fees?
Family members of Quanice Hayes meet Maurice Henderson, Ted Wheeler’s Chief of Staff, in City Hall, in this terribly shot photo. Dirk VanderHart In days to come, the family of Quanice Hayes will sue the city for their 17-year-old relative’s February 2017 death at the hands of police. They will name the officer who killed […]
A bill before the Legislative Assembly could make that happen.
RegJIN was supposed to revolutionize police data. Instead, it just costs a lot.
After a year in office, the mayor is already on a fundraising spree.
K. Marie Mayor Ted Wheeler has had a change of heart. Mere weeks after Wheeler announced he wouldn’t support doing away with a controversial exemption in Portland’s renter relocation ordinance, the Mayor’s office now says that’s no longer the case. When the relocation ordinance comes before council later this month, Wheeler will now support a […]
Venus Hayes, center, Quanice Hayes’ mother, addresses reporters at a press conference last March. Doug Brown It’s been almost a year since 17-year-old Quanice Hayes was shot and killed by Portland police, who had the teen on his knees, at gunpoint, in front of an East Portland home. Many details of the day Hayes died […]
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