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OBRC Says Big Layoffs at Glass Plant Will Not Imperil Bottle Bill
Despite a partial shutdown, Owens Brockway will continue taking Oregon’s glass for recycling.
Multnomah County Severs All Ties with Rockwood CDC
Questions about accounting prompted the county to stop doing business with the nonprofit.
The City and County Are Gridlocked Over Public Safety Responsibilities at the Central Library
Douglas Ivers’ death has pitted public officials against one another as they seek to prevent more violence.
Portland Must Confront the Real Danger of Losing the Blazers
All the things the Blazers have ever done to break your heart would pale in comparison to waking up to read that there were no Portland Trail Blazers.
Murmurs: City Gives Managers Three Extra Holidays
The city’s Bureau of Human Resources wrote in an email that the award is only applicable to managers who returned to full in-person work as mandated by Mayor Keith Wilson earlier this year.
Preschool for All’s Director Owns a Provider That Collected $833,494 From the State to Serve Just Nine Children
Public records obtained by WW show that one of the four providers that auditors flagged matches the financials provided by a preschool owned by the official who now oversees Multnomah County’s universal preschool program, Preschool for All.
Mayor Wilson Defends Northwest Shelter Plan Against Upset Neighbors
This is the first organized and persistent opposition that Wilson has come up against during his quest to add 1,500 beds to the shelter system by the end of the year.
Multnomah County Lags Oregon in Job Growth
Multnomah County, home to Portland, has lagged the state and the nation in jobs for the past 12 months.
Intersection Where a Driver Killed Tom Amato Still Isn’t Improved
The city promised improvements by 2020, then 2022, then 2025. The new target: 2026.
Mayor Wilson to County Leaders on Homelessness: “We Do an Awful Lot of Talking”
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson in a recent meeting with Multnomah County homelessness officials expressed growing frustration over what seems to him like a lack of progress.
Readers Respond to Portland’s Democratic Socialists
“The last thing we need to do in this crazy culture is revive the red flag language of anti-communists.”