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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 wanted a work session to figure it out.
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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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“The Show Must Go On”: Portland Cuts the Ribbon on Darcelle XV Plaza

Three years in the making, downtown now has a plaza named after a queer icon.
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As the nation celebrates Pride Month, the city is reviving a downtown park and recognizing the queer community in the most Portland way. Portland Parks and Recreation hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, June 18 to celebrate the unveiling of Darcelle XV Plaza, a vibrant redesign of a previously vacant city block. The lot at Southwest […]

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