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The ACLU Just Filed the First of Several Lawsuits Over Recent Police Protest Tactics
It Hopes to Stop Cops from Using a Controversial “Kettle” Maneuver
Will a Bill Inspired by the Oregon Occupation Hamper Police Transparency?
Advocates Think So
Gas Fumes Were Ignored for Years at a Portland School for Troubled Kids
Now the Reynolds School District Is Acknowledging Issues
Two Portland Glass Companies Lack Pollution Controls on Their Chimneys
Now They're Being Blamed for High Cadmium Levels in the Air and Neighborhoods
Charlie Hales Has a New Plan to Curb Demolitions
He Wants to Make It More Laborious for Builders to Raze Old Homes
Right 2 Dream Too Is Poised to Move to Southeast
But Will Business Opposition Kill the Deal Again?
Portland's Other Mayoral Candidates Have Something to Say
But They're Having Trouble Getting Civic Organizations to Listen
The Joyce Hotel Is Closing
And Around 90 Low-Income, High-Risk Tenants Will Be Sent Packing
Oregon's Diesel Users Might Pay to Fix Portland's Streets
At Least, That's the Latest Idea From Commissioner Steve Novick
Could a Rent Strike Work in Portland?
People Are Talking About It More and More
As Tenants Plead, Lawmakers Are Pledging Housing Help This Year
Here's a Rundown of What You Can Expect
2015 Was Important—and Messy
The Mercury's Definitive Rundown of the Year That Was
The Backers of a Vancouver Oil Terminal Are Being Accused of Fudging Their Numbers
And They're Refusing to Set the Record Straight
The City Says It's Divesting from Fossil Fuels. That's Not True.
In Fact, We Don't Plan to Stop Supporting Oil Companies Any Time Soon.
Think Portland's Homelessness Problem Is Bad?
Talk to the Mayors of Other West Coast Cities.
A New Hope for
Affordable Housing
Will Oregon Lift the Ban on Inclusionary Zoning in 2016?
A Portland University Wants Federal Permission to Ban Transgender Students
And Recent History Suggests It'll Probably Get It
Some of Portland's Lowest-Paid Workers Want a Raise
And They Say Mayor Charlie Hales Promised Them One
Say Goodbye to Two Pieces of Portland History
The City's "Demolition Epidemic" May Soon Claim Two Century-Old Downtown Buildings
The Group That's Supposed to Help Portland Reform Its Police Can't Stop Infighting
Now One Cop Is Trying to Get Three Members Kicked Out
A Heartfelt Letter Convinced One Family to Sell Their Home. Now It's An Airbnb.
Welcome to the Future!
The World’s Most Sustainable High-Rise Construction Material Is… Wood?
A Portland Team Is Pioneering Its Addition to US Skylines
Can Crowd Funding Save a 105-Year-Old Home?
A Portland Renter's Quest to Save Her Home from the Wrecking Ball
OLCC's Rob Patridge Faces Allegations of Unlawful Employment Practices
The Accusations Stem from His Other Role as Klamath County District Attorney
Portland Considers Nation’s Strongest Fossil Fuel Restrictions
Here’s How They’d Work
A Firm That Helped Screw Up the Morrison Bridge Is Being Trusted to Fix It
And This Time, There's More Money on the Line
The City Promises More Affordable Housing Funds. Will It Follow Through?
Portland's Got a Spotty History Living Up to Similar Commitments
Portland's Finally Deciding on Whether to Clamp Down on Oil Train Transport
And Guess What! Environmentalists and Businesses Have Very Different Thoughts on That
Oregon's Been Celebrating Pot Sales That May Well Be Fiction
No One Will Know How Hot the Cannabis Market Is for Months
Portland's Newest Organized Tent Camp Fights for Survival
The Mayor's Office Says It's Cool with "Hazelnut Grove." The State's Looking to Crack Down
The Hidden Costs of Moving Unexpectedly
Local Math Instructor Crunched the Numbers and Found Moving Is More Expensive Than Many Realize
Airbnb Is Making Portland's Rental Market Even Tighter
But Not by as Many Units as You'd Think
You Can Finally Buy Recreational Weed in Portland!
Here's What You Should Know.
Portland's Pot Regulations Might Freeze Out New Businesses
The City's About to Give Medical Dispensaries Exactly What They Want
Landlords and Advocates Dislike Dan Saltzman's Renter Protections
Though Obviously for Very, Very Different Reasons
PDX Workers Are Trying to Unionize for Better Pay
The Country's Best Airport Pays Many of Its Workers the State's Lowest Wage
Emergency Response
As Advocates Push Displacement Fixes, Local Leaders Are Awful Quiet
Share and Share a Bike
Apparently Bike Share's Finally Coming to Portland?
The Common Good
A Faith-Based Group Has a Big Voice on Affordable Housing
Blocking Out the Sun
The State's Second-Largest Energy Provider Is at War with Solar Power
Ticketless to Ride
TriMet's About to Go Digital. What's That Mean for Its Poorest Users?
North Portland Rising
A Fight to Save a 115-Year-Old Home from Demolition Appears Doomed
Sudden Safekeeping
The City's Finally Giving Homeless People a Place to Put Their Things
Uncertain Terms
City Doesn't Have the Records You Want? Ask Them to Look Again
Taking the Dam Blame
Conservationists Say Birds Are a Red Herring in Salmon Deaths
A Preemptive Strike
State Laws Are Stymieing Local Efforts to Fund Affordable Housing
Park Bloc
A City Ranger's Private Security Firm Is Being Paid to Patrol a Park
Spare the Rod, Spoil the File
A New Police Misconduct Report Calls Transparency into Question
Meet the City's New Cheap Rent Czar
Incoming Housing Bureau Director Kurt Creager Says Portland's on the Verge of Something Big
A Leak in the Bottle
Tribes' Treaty Rights May Dam the Flow to Nestlé
High Rises, Low Standards
A Contractor with a Hand in Portland's Apartment Boom Faces Serious Labor Complaints
Surplus Stores
The City Doesn't Have a Ton of Money for Housing. But It's Got Property.
Time to Ship Out?
Port of Portland Foe Is Pushing for Leadership Changes
The Same Old Plan
The PBA's Re-Hashing an Old Anti-Panhandling Battle Cry—This Time with Stats!
No-Cause for Alarm
Your Landlord Doesn't Need a Reason to Evict You. Advocates Want that to Change.
The Soft Sell
The City Can't Require Affordable Housing. Here's What It
Can Do
Back on Burnside
Portland's Rogue Cabbie "Poster Child" Got a Second Chance With Uber
Out of Control
Why Rent Control Could Help Portland
Puff, Puff, Send
What Emails Show About Oregon's Former Pot Czar's Dealings with a Growers' Lobbyist
Pay Up or Get Out
Uncapped Rent Increases Are Displacing Portland's
Most Vulnerable
Locked Out
The Legislature Might Boost Affordable Housing—But Could Leave Out Renters
Getting Nowhere Fast
Portland's Wheelchair Users Still Waiting for Equal Access
A Bigger Broom
As Police Crack Down on Campsites, the Mayor Wants to Double the Cleanup Budget
Who Represents You?
Portlanders Are Trying—Again—to Get Representation
on City Council
Letting Go Is the Hardest Part
The City's Tired of Running Last Thursday. It's Got a Willing Taker.
To the Island Go the Spoils
The Port of Portland Wants More Leeway to Dump on West Hayden Island
Liquor Shots
OLCC Agents Want to Start Their Own Union... and Carry Guns
A Thirsty Company and a Hungry Town
Pure Water Is Pure Gold for Cascade Locks, but Nestlé's Rep Is Muddy
The Check Is in the Mail
Can PDC Send USPS Packing This Time Around?
Apartment #420
For Some Portland Apartment Dwellers, Weed's Only Sort of Legal
$15 and Rising
The Minimum Wage Movement Is Catching Fire
Not Long Now
What You Can (Probably) Expect in Portland's Uber-Friendly Future
Drunk on Power?
The OLCC's College Crackdowns Might Hamper Its Pot Ambitions
Pushing for a Pipeline
How a $500 Million Fuel Facility Nearly Crept into North Portland
Your Ride's Here
Pilot Program Has Equal-Access Advocates and Cab Companies Uber Mad
Claim Dumpers
A Decades-Old Law Says City Hall Should Do the Right Thing. No One Remembers It.
Understand the Box
Four Things a City Workgroup Should Sort Out About "Ban the Box"
Violators Will Be Prosecuted
Portland's Finally Enforcing Restraining Orders. Will We Keep It Up?
Burn Notice
Backlash Against a Portland Crematory Could Spark Statewide Change
Hailing the Future
The Uber Discussion Has Raised an Overdue Issue: Equal Access
Don't Call It a Comeback
The Push to Revive Voter-Owned Elections Has Run Aground
An Office Among Officers
Our New Police Reform Watchdog Just Moved in with the Cops
The View from a Linnton Roadside
Portland's Camping Ban Is Stronger Than Ever. The Men Who Nearly Killed It Aren't Happy.
Reach Out and Pay Someone
Oregon's Prisons Rake in Millions from Inmates' Families. That Might Change.
Behind the Scenery
The City's New Olive Branch to Parks Workers Belies a Two-Year Labor Fight
$15... for Some
Mayor Hales' Headline-Grabbing Wage Hike Affects 16 People
Flooded Streets
It's About to Be Easier than Ever to Catch a Cab in Portland
New World Oregon
Who's Mostly to Blame for Governor John Kitzhaber's Resignation? John Kitzhaber.
"We Must Do Better Than That"
Portland's Camping Ban Is Legal, But No One Really Likes It
Two Sides of the Same Leaf
In an Age of Legal Pot, Medical Marijuana Is Drawing Controversy
A Somber Census
Social Workers Count the Homeless Population Once Every Two Years. We Tagged Along.
Is Picnicking Illegal?
A Judge Has Tough Questions for Portland's Camping Ban
Blue Line, Gray Area
Portland Cop's Facebook Posts Raise Questions about Lack of Social Media Policy
No Riot Here
Fritz Presses Hales on Protest Policing
Chair-Jerkers!
Oregon's Top Budget Officials Are Backing off Prison Reform Funding
Another Sudden Detour
The Road to a Portland Street Fee Now Runs Through Salem
Let's Pencil Something In
Hales, Novick Hope to Jam a Street Fee Advisory Vote onto the May Ballot
Next Bridge Up
The Broadway Bridge Is Due for Fixes. Can It Avoid the Troubles of Its Peers?
Starting at the Bottom
The City Says It Wants a Higher Minimum Wage While Employing Hundreds of Low-Wage Workers
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