In November 2024, voters in Portland, Oregon, elected their first city council under a system of proportional ranked-choice voting or single transferable vote (STV). Other than in Cambridge, ...

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.

The bright, golden sun was shining over another beautiful October evening in Portland, where people stood in line to eat pizza on a covered garden patio, lounged on the grassy hills of Mount Tabor, ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland is about to get a little greener, thanks to a new, nearly $2 million partnership to plant thousands of trees over the next couple of years. The plan is to focus on ...

Officials in Oregon first found out on Sept. 26 that a surge of troops could be coming to Portland. Still awaiting clarity, the city has become an eccentric flashpoint in the national discourse on how ...

Late last year, arts organizations across Portland raised alarm after seeing reports of a significant amount of arts tax dollars appearing to be sitting untapped in city coffers. But the city says ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Less than two months into his tenure at the city of Portland, City Administrator Raymond Lee has a problem on his hands; if perhaps one of the better problems anyone in his position ...

Most people in Portland, Oregon, don’t mind if you think they’re weird. In fact, it’s practically a trademark. “We do have a lot of weirdos here,” Sarah Siano, who has lived in the city off and on ...

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Jenny Kane / AP) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

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