County

Seven former and current members of the Portland Public Schools board released a letter Wednesday morning across social media, warning former board member Julia Brim-Edwards is not fit for Multnomah County chair.

Opposition from one of the most powerful voices in organized labor has the potential to upend a public subsidy deal.

The program may, as a last resort, reduce the number of seats and funds it allocates to a provider.

Julia Brim-Edwards has spent more money than either of her opponents have raised.

While business groups have pushed to modify the marginal income tax that funds Preschool for All, county commissioners appear focused on the program’s mounting expenses.

A few months after officials pledged to get the deflection program back on track, WW decided to check on their progress.

The investigation comes on the heels of a review from Multnomah County that found the nonprofit misspent $3.6 million in taxpayer dollars.

Multnomah County commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance banning mobile syringe service programs from operating within 1,000 feet of K-12 schools on Thursday.

Multnomah County’s report is damning—both for Sunstone Way and the county officials that let it happen.

Multnomah County is withholding reimbursement to the shelter contractor Sunstone Way for the months of April, May and June while it completes a fiscal compliance review of the nonprofit’s spending.

The county plans to hold daily coordination calls during the heat to determine whether cooling centers will be activated later that day.

Sharon Meieran, an emergency room doctor and former Multnomah County commissioner, announced this week that she’s running for county chair.