News Some residents around Central Catholic High School in Southeast Portland have formed a petition seeking to relocate the school after years of what they call struggling with limited space, parking and traffic issues.As Central Catholic prepares to implement a $30 million expansion that would eliminate all but two on-site parking spaces, the campus' disgruntled neighbors have organized to stop the school ...   More

News At a town hall meeting Saturday, city Commissioner Amanda Fritz introduced Friends of Last Thursday, an organization 15 months in the making that will assume the task of overseeing the monthly street festival on Northeast Alberta Street. Reaction was mixed as Fritz unveiled the steering committee-a long-awaited answer to Last Thursday’s fate amid complaints from some residents that the monthly event ...   More

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News A seemingly mundane discussion today at Portland City Hall about bonds related to a $72.4 million fire-equipment measure morphed into a verbal tussle over the planned purchase of four emergency vehicles.Those four emergency vehicles were part of the ballot measure that city voters narrowly approved last year to beef up emergency-response infrastructure in Portland. But, as Commissioners Amanda Fritz ...   More

City Hall A new audit questions recent decisions by the Portland City Council to spend funds collected from water and sewer users on city programs    More

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News Predicting the outcome of U.S. Supreme Court decisions based on the questions that justices ask during arguments is a tricky business.But the questions posed on Monday by justices over public campaign finance in Arizona do make it appear as if the court is heading toward a majority decision ultimately that will create one more hurdle for supporters of an initiative in Portland that would ask voters ...   More