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Hall Monitor
A Mother’s Plight… Heard?
City hall finally agrees: Let’s discuss the arrest of a nine-year-old girl.
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“It’s Not Rocket Science”
Maybe Portland Should Ban Cops from Handcuffing Children?
Maybe Portland should ban its cops from handcuffing children?
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Hall Monitor
A City Manager? Here?
A closed-door discussion on tweaking Portland’s government ought to be public.
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Rough Draft
How “Prosper Portland” Went from Concept to Confusion
How “Prosper Portland” went from concept to confusion.
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Bare Minimum
A Radical City Council Candidate Finally Has Us Talking About the Minimum Wage—But How Far Will It Go?
A radical city council candidate finally has Portland talking about the minimum wage—but how far will it go?
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You Can’t Unhurt a Chief’s Feelings
Tension Erupts Between City Council and Police Bureau Over City Report
Tension with the police bureau overshadows a wonkish report on the city’s workforce.
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Water Wars, Redux
A New Water Board’s on the Ballot, and Pushback Is Coming
A new water board’s on the ballot. Here comes the opposition.
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A Postmortem on the Port
Behind the demise (again) of plans to claim West Hayden Island.
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Police Reforms Still a Tough Sell
Trying to please everybody, but not pleasing anybody.
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Down the Drain?
Why Did the City Spend Sewer Money on Jazz? Efficiency.
Why did the city spend sewer money on a jazz concert? Efficiency!
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Hall Monitor
Winners! Losers! The Budget!
Enough surplus cash to make some people happy. (But not everybody!)