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Portland approves $27 million for mayor’s homeless plan

The Portland City Council approved Mayor Ted Wheeler’s $27 million request to jumpstart the construction of six large ... Read more

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Portland likely gets new charter; now what happens?

If the measure to reform Portland’s form of government is approved as expected from Tuesday’s election, city officials ... Read more

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Will voters change Portland’s government on Nov. 8?

After the Nov. 8 election, Portland will have either a controversial new form of government or Commissioner Mingus ... Read more

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Sanders in Eugene

Bio: Bernie Sanders, 81, is a U.S. Senator from Vermont and two-time candidate for President. Sanders was born ... Read more

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House GOP leader stumps for candidates, hits Democrats on crime

House GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., came to Oregon to campaign for congressional candidates whose election he hopes ... Read more

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Capitol Chatter: Kristof campaign ends abruptly

A critical distinction lies within the Oregon Supreme Court ruling that ended Nick Kristof’s candidacy for governor. The ... Read more

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Oregon should fund emergency shelters, state treasurer says

Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read jumped into the controversy over whether the state should fund homeless shelters by proposing ... Read more

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Capitol Chatter: Oregon has new money, old problems

8:02 a.m. Wednesday: State economists Mark McMullen and Josh Lehner begin updating the Legislature’s tax committees on how ... Read more

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Capitol Chatter: Oregon Legislature returns with increasingly ‘wacky’ reputation

The Oregon Legislature came back to Salem this week and quickly fulfilled its increasingly wacky reputation. On Tuesday’s ... Read more

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Bud Clark, tavern owner and Portland mayor, dies

Political, community leaders and friends praised the late Portland Mayor Bud Clark after news spread of his death ... Read more

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