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‘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.

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.

There’s a shadow hanging over the Oregon’s governor’s race: a record $10 million check that a California carpenters union wrote to an affiliated Oregon political action committee Sept. 16.

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.

Monthly visitors and office workers in downtown hit 3 million people for the first time since 2019. The number is higher than last summer, when foot traffic neared 2.8 million, and marks five consecutive years of growth.