Oregon’s Ban on Single-Family Zoning Could Combat Global Warming—If Democrats Don’t Let Sprawl Win

Metro lobbyist Randy Tucker says Realtors want “to rig the land use system in ways that turn Portland into Houston.”

How Oregon Democrats Kept a Tax Increase Away From Voters

They outfoxed Republicans to pass a series of end-of-session bills to make a ballot initiative to overturn the tax increase more difficult.

A High-Profile Leader Of Portland Protests Against Trump Will Manage Sarah Iannarone’s Mayoral Campaign

Pearl District Residents Organize Against Hotel Tower

It would be the city’s tallest residential tower with no parking.

Portland’s Parks Are a Cherished Gem. But They Can’t Make Ends Meet.

Portland Parks & Recreation does a lot of things Portlanders love. Over the past five years, it has wanted to do even more.

Oregon Business Group Decides Not to Refer School-Funding Corporate Tax to Voters

“We’re extremely disappointed that lawmakers went to such great lengths to hamstring our referral efforts, but the reality is that they have rigged the system so far in their favor that our chances of success at this point are very remote.”

Democratic Presidential Contender Pete Buttigieg Visiting Portland Next Week

Buttigieg is coming to ask Portland for money.

2016 Mayoral Candidate Sarah Iannarone Will Run Again Against Mayor Ted Wheeler

In an open letter, Iannarone criticizes the mayor for failing to live up to “rhetoric of progressivism.”