Some Elected Officials Disagreed With Move to Advise TriMet on Executive Director Search

Readers Respond to Debate Over the Cleanup of Willamette Cove

“If that beautiful beach looking across at the hills had a wealthy neighborhood above it on the bluffs, this wouldn’t be an open question. It would be cleaned up.”

Multnomah County Prepares to Approve a Plan to Spend Homeless Services Money—With a Few Wrinkles

Metro Will Now Consider Full Cleanup of Contamination at Willamette Cove

North Portlanders Want a Contaminated Beach Turned Into a Park. Government Officials Propose to Bury the Toxic Waste Onsite.

Metro Garbage Fee Increase Panned

The agency plans to raise tipping fees, the charge per ton that haulers pay to dump garbage at Metro’s regional transfer stations.

What Could Change the Minds of Portland Voters on a Transportation Tax? Make It Bigger.

Other West Coast cities—Seattle and Los Angeles—persuaded voters to spend on projects with far more eye-popping price tags.

Murmurs: Bynum Challenges Kotek’s House Leadership

In other news: Infamous white supremacist dies.