The Oregon Department of Justice has subpoenaed records as part of an investigation into the failed startup Made In Old Town, which secured a $7 million loan from Prosper Portland and then went belly-up earlier this year.

The controversial fuel terminal along the Willamette River that’s currently owned by Zenith Energy will soon have a new owner.

The ex-CEO of Home Forward, who resigned under a cloud of controversy earlier this year, is poised to be selected to serve as the next executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh.

Two city councilors are seeking to increase the city’s existing surtax on companies whose CEOs are making much more than their employees, and at the same time increase the existing threshold for the city’s Business License Tax.

We asked the six incumbent city councilors what fuels the bitter feuds between the two factions.

The fact that a city director was lobbying the same elected officials to whom she might later allocate public campaign finance dollars raises ethical questions for some observers.

The city announced this week that the Columbia Pool in North Portland will be demolished later this year.

The money behind that billboard can be traced in part to the Portland Metro Chamber, the city’s chamber of commerce—and the message shows how eager the city’s business lobby is to unseat Councilor Mitch Green.

A conservative pundit found and posted dozens of Councilor Mitch Green’s inflammatory deleted tweets. The police chief is nonplussed.

The Portland City Council’s discussion last week about revising the city’s investment policy turned acrimonious with accusations of antisemitism.