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City Narrows Search For Portland’s Next Top Bureaucrat
The city announced three finalists to serve as its next city administrator. Michael Jordan will retire at the end of the year.
Updated at 6:08 pm to include current and advertised salaries. Mayor Keith Wilson announced Monday that the city’s search for its first long term city administrator is down to three finalists, after sifting through nearly 100 applicants. “Portland’s new city administrator will lead on process improvements, helping our organization run better, faster, and leaner,” Wilson […]
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Good Morning, News: Sad End for Stranded Humpback Whale, Trump Wants to Pull a Jimmy Kimmel on Seth Meyers, and ICE’s Impact on Portland May Have Been Underestimated
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Good Morning, News: State Transpo Referendum, PSU Union Busting, Epstein Associate’s Prison Toilet Paper
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POP QUIZ PDX: Sex, Drugs, and Jazzercise! 💅
See how well YOU score in this week’s drug-and-aerobics fueled trivia quiz!
WHAT UP, SMARTY BUTT? It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we’ll be testing your knowledge on last week’s big events, including public aerobics, Trump’s continuing humiliation at the hands of Portland, and everyone’s fave […]
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Good Morning, News: Homeless Sweeps on Trial at City Council, Happy Exploding Whale Day, and Epstein Emails Allege Trump “Knew About the Girls”
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Good Morning, News: Updates on Extremely Tight Seattle Mayoral Race, Senate Democrats Give In to Republicans (and Will Get Nothing in Return), and What Happened to the Director of PSU’s Women’s Resource Center?
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Federal Judge Rules Against Trump, Barring Him from Deploying National Guard to Oregon
The long-awaited ruling, likely to be appealed, dismissed the administration’s case for sending the National Guard to Portland based on protests outside the city’s ICE facility.
US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Friday, November 7, that the Trump administration is permanently barred from deploying the National Guard to Oregon. The decision was a long-awaited ruling in a case that catapulted Portland into the national spotlight. Immergut’s ruling is a permanent injunction against the U.S. Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth, […]
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City Council Mulling $4.3 Million Cut From Homeless Sweeps Budget
Angelita Morillo proposed an amendment reallocating money from a city sweeps program, instead funding housing and food assistance, support for immigrants
“We’re in a position right now, where people are going to end up being unhoused for the long-term, and we have to take action,” City Councilor Angelita Morillo said, explaining a proposal to divert funds from homeless encampment removal to bolster housing and food assistance. If passed, a new budget amendment Morillo proposed November 7 […]
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Good Morning, News: ICE Emergency Declared in Washington County, an Astonishing Blazers Comeback, and Nancy Pelosi Claps Her Way Into Retirement
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Good Morning, News: Portland Set to Pass Parks Levy, Coast-to-Coast Election Results Show We’re So Back, and Aviation Nightmares Continue
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