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City Council Held Their Noses and Passed a Budget—Now They Want Changes

Progressives want to use climate dollars for jobs. Moderates may raid police accountability dollars for cops. Jamie Dunphy wants a work session to figure it out.
Avatar photo by Jeremiah Hayden

The city of Portland approved its budget last week, but that doesn’t mean efforts to avoid impending cuts are over. Hours after Portland City Council approved an $8.5 billion 2026-27 budget last Wednesday evening, five city councilors brought forward an ordinance to restore some of the frontline services Mayor Keith Wilson eliminated in the budget. […]

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Not in Our Backyard!

Businesses Bemoan Lack of Outreach
Avatar photo Jonathan Shapiro

ON MONDAY MORNING, Resolutions Northwest, a mediation group contracted by the city, hosted a meeting with local business owners to draft a Good Neighbor Agreement (GNA) over the proposed day laborer site on NE Martin Luther King Jr. and Everett Street. Many of the business owners directly adjacent to the site, however, expressed anger and […]

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Bridge to Disaster

A Proposed New 12-Lane Bridge over the Columbia River Will Cost $4.2 Billion, Increase Traffic, and Do Little to Alleviate Climate Change. What the Hell Are We Thinking?
Avatar photo Amy J. Ruiz

A man driving a gray Toyota pickup truck seems frantic; veering in and out of lanes trying to pass other traffic on the Interstate Bridge. His furtive moves don’t do him much good—moments later, as we crest the green steel bridge headed south into Portland, we’re greeted with flickering brake lights. Traffic slows to a […]

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A Trail of Tears

NE Commuters Want a Safer Route to Work
Avatar photo Matt Davis

EMPLOYEES AT a NE Columbia music distribution center are demanding safety improvements on the trail they use to walk from the bus stop to their work. Two years ago, CD Baby Human Resources Director Craig Hennecke bought yearly TriMet bus passes for all the company’s 100 employees, in an environmentally friendly effort to discourage them […]

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