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Highlights from Portland City Council’s Foie Gras Ban Hearing

The juiciest quotes from 90 minutes of testimony discussing force-fed poultry products.
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The future of foie gras is on shaky ground in Portland. A proposed ordinance would ban the sale of foie gras within city limits, with restaurants receiving a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 for each violation.  Foie gras is a luxury ingredient made by force-feeding ducks until their livers become fatty and enlarged. Proponents believe […]

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Portland City Council Officially Adopts Transportation Utility Fee

The fee will help pay for key road maintenance and safety programs, which have long gone without adequate funding.
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The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to implement a fee that will offer a significant new source of funding for the city’s beleaguered transportation bureau. The transportation utility fee will be officially implemented starting in January 2027, coming in the form of an additional charge tacked onto Portlanders’ water and sewer bills. The new program […]

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Should Portlanders Pay Hundreds of Millions for a Refurbished Moda Center? City Councilors Say “Not So Fast”

With local budget cuts looming and Trail Blazers ownership committing to stay in Portland, some city leaders aren’t ready to pull out the checkbook.
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On the heels of an intense lobbying campaign by the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oregon Legislature last month passed a $365 million funding package to renovate the Moda Center contingent on the Blazers remaining in Portland under new majority owner Tom Dundon. State leaders trumpeted the passage of the funding package as an economic boon […]

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