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Reporting Live (Continued): City Council’s Contentious Budget Meeting

Shelter, parks, and city jobs are up for discussion.
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Portland city councilors this week are meeting to discuss amendments to Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed budget. The city is working to address a $160 million budget gap, and the proposed amendments seek to hold onto union jobs and instead cut management jobs, and stop Wilson’s proposal to divert Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) dollars to […]

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Reporting Live: City Council’s Contentious Budget Meeting

Police oversight board, climate energy fund, and union jobs are on the chopping block
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Portland city councilors this week are meeting to discuss amendments to Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed budget. The city is working to address a $160 million budget gap, and the proposed amendments seek to hold onto union jobs and instead cut management jobs, stop Wilson’s proposal to divert Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) dollars to other […]

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Mayor Wilson’s Economic Development Budget Is a Balancing Act of Cuts and Cash Infusion

Climate programs, Prosper Portland, and tree permitting slated for cutbacks while graffiti abatement and Metro Chamber marketing could see a boost
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“Tough choices” is public officials’ shorthand for this year’s budget cycle. In Portland’s Community and Economic Development service area, the mayor and his administrators have turned to cutting social programs and staff to balance a proposed $1.24 billion budget for the service area’s bureaus. This service area—which could see a 7 percent budget cut this […]

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With Portland Public Schools’ Budget in Peril, All Eyes Are on State Leaders

Oregon legislators say they need to see improved outcomes before schools get more funding. Parents and teachers say education funding levels are setting kids up to fail.
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Portland Public Schools (PPS) is dealing with a major budget crunch—a situation that, former school board member Andrew Scott says, shouldn’t come as a surprise.  “We’ve known for a long time that costs for education are growing faster than the funding that school districts receive from the state, and that’s been something that, when I […]

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Progressives Say Investments in People, Not Corporations, Can Jump Start City’s Struggling Economy

Despite broad agreement on the need for new revenue and jobs, ideological disagreement about how to accomplish economic growth still permeates Portland and Salem.
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If you’ve been following local political news over the last several months, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk about budget cuts. The state is making cuts, even though those cuts aren’t as dramatic as once feared. The city of Portland may have to make cuts too.  Some of the pressure facing both the state […]

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