Jeff Cogen’s coronation as county chair means he’s off the hook for the $50 million unopened Wapato jail.
Multnomah County
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Not County-ing Their Chickens
Commissioner Candidates Want Your Attention
The eight candidates for county commissioner want your attention.
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Musical Chairs
Multnomah County Races Heat Up
Multnomah County election races heats up after surprise departure of Ted Wheeler.
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Hall Monitor
Portland State of Mind
Ted Wheeler gives the speech Sam Adams should have given a week earlier.
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Jail, Inc.
Is Privatizing Jail Health Care a Lethal Idea?
Is Privatizing Jail Health Care a Lethal Idea?
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O-ver and O-ut
What Victory on Measures 66 and 67 Really Means
What victory on Measures 66 and 67 really means.
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Cash for Clunky Bridges
$19 Car Tax to Replace Ailing Sellwood Crossing
County will institute $19 car tax to replace ailing Sellwood crossing.
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At Half Capacity
Strict Eligibility Hurting Mental Health Court?
Are strict eligibility rules crippling Portland’s mental health court?
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Terminal Energy
Partial Settlement, New Allegations in Chasse Lawsuit
Shocking new revelations in the James Chasse Jr. lawsuit.
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Cascadia in Crisis
Clients of County Mental Health Provider Speak Out
“LAST TIME Cascadia’s predecessor pulled something like this, I knew two people who committed suicide,” said mental health advocate Marian Drake, addressing Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler last Wednesday afternoon, May 21, during an emotional two-hour meeting concerning the financial collapse of the county’s giant mental health-care provider, Cascadia. There’s a public meeting to discuss […]
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Not Social Workers
At the Multnomah County Courthouse, the fourth floor elevator door opened to a scene one doesn’t witness every day: A man with a lolling jaw and the vacant stare of heavy meds walked past a group of three sharp-suited district attorneys in frantic discussion, I think, about one of their divorces. Next to them an […]