First responders react to potential Portland city budget cuts

Mayor Keith Wilson's proposed budget cuts to the Portland Police Bureau and Portland Fire & Rescue have some Portlanders ...

Portland metro works to expand housing production as homeless crisis deep

Portland’s homelessness crisis is worsening as more people lose housing than regain it, while city leaders push ambitious ...

Portland officials bungle the rollout of mayor’s proposed budget — again

Portland officials bungled the rollout of Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed budget late Monday afternoon by publicly releasing ...
OPB

City of Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent each year

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 ...
OPB

Portland now says roughly $106M in housing funds went unspent

Portland has now discovered roughly $106 million of previously unidentified funding within the Portland Housing Bureau, city administrators said Friday. That’s more than five times the initial amount ...

Portland City Council members are divided over Moda Center funding, secret negotiations

Council President Jamie Dunphy couldn't get majority support for a letter to the NBA, records show. At least two council ...
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‘He can be doing a lot more’: Dozens gather outside Portland Mayor Wilson’s home in anti-ICE protest

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — About 60 people protested outside the home of Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on Saturday. Organizers said they don’t think the mayor is doing enough to stand up against the ...
Oregonian

Portland council president wants to reshape city’s detested arts tax — and impose a new, separate one

Portland Council President Jamie Dunphy will pursue a series of proposals intended to reform and reshape the city’s perennially loathed arts tax — and also create a new, separate surcharge to bolster ...
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Portland Arts Tax isn’t delivering on promises to voters, audit finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An audit of Portland’s Arts Tax found that the city isn’t fully delivering on its promises to voters, according to an audit of the program. Voters approved the Arts Tax in 2012 ...