A federal grand jury indicted the CEO and public face of the troubled La Mota cannabis chain on eight counts of tax fraud stemming from unpaid employment taxes in 2020 and 2021.

‘Any use of taxpayer funds—especially spending outside the procurement process—must meet the highest ethical standards.’

The contracts have a combined value of $456,000, but the scope of work for two of them is a secret.

We asked her about the Portland City Council, which has become increasingly divided since the 12 members took office in January 2025.

Business and labor groups this week launched a political action committee backing moderate candidates running for the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Chair.

Portland voters will see only one city measure on their ballots this fall. Measure 26-267, if approved, would create a participatory budgeting program that gives Portlanders discretion over how to spend an amount equivalent to 2% of the city’s general fund (roughly $16 million) every year.

Ting Lu, the city’s first-ever director of public utilities, is on paid administrative leave.

The Portland Metro Chamber on Sept. 29 sued the city of Portland over its recently-reformed Arts Tax, arguing that the Portland City Council acted unconstitutionally when they reformed the tax earlier this year without referring those changes to voters.

A lawsuit filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court on Sept. 28 by a Boring, Ore. family alleges that the city’s $2.6 billion Bull Run Filtration Project has subjected their home to “near-daily noise, vibration, dust, and blocked access” and has “disrupted” nearly all of the family’s daily activities, including sleep.

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.