The Portland City Council on Wednesday evening passed a housing package that directs $56 million in unused housing dollars to rent assistance, a revolving loan fund, rent buy-downs for affordable housing providers, eviction prevention and gap financing for a few specific housing projects.

Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday afternoon vetoed a controversial public meetings bill that received bipartisan support in the spring legislative session, but which public watchdog groups said would greatly undermine transparency and accountability in local government.

Among Ivory Mathews’ work trips, this one stood out.

Ivory Mathews spent an average of 45 days a year over the past three years crisscrossing the country to attend housing conferences and networking events.

Critics say the bill is an affront to Oregon legislators’ purported commitment to transparency.

Prosper Portland executive director Cornell Wesley on Wednesday night announced that the agency had withdrawn its choice of facilitator for a community advisory committee after backlash over the pick.

The state alleges Moyata Anotta is running a metal shredder without a permit, storing solid waste where it’s not allowed, and illegally discharging stormwater.

Peter Johnson and his fellow board members have persistently sought public and private support to transform the Bowl into a privately maintained public asset that’s filled with tiered lawns, a marketplace and live music.

A letter from the director of Prosper Portland to the principals of a failed athletic-shoe manufacturing incubator in the Old Town neighborhood sheds more light on when and why the city finally lost patience.

The policy, intended to bolster ride-share driver wages, would cap how much a ride-share company could take for each ride.