Mayor Keith Wilson and Councilor Eric Zimmerman want to raise Portland's business-license exemption to ease burdens on small companies and align with county rules.

An omnibus Oregon health bill would expand who can deliver psilocybin services, raise charity‑care limits and change hospital billing and insurer rules.

City memos show about $106 million in unbudgeted housing funds just as lawmakers debate a $600 million Moda Center plan to keep the Trail Blazers.

A county summary says Lane County Commissioner David Loveall retaliated against staff after complaints about his language, including a crude 'stripper' comment.

Councilors asked staff for a March 15 study on how long and how much it would take to hire 400 officers as a police-backed ballot push seeks to reroute clean-energy funds.

Mary Li held overlapping city and county roles in spring 2025, drawing near‑full pay from both and prompting oversight questions.

An alternate on Portland’s new police oversight board refused to sign a confidentiality agreement, and City Council will consider removing him days before the board meets. The dispute raises early questions about secrecy and transparency in the board’s launch.

A corrections grand jury found Multnomah County's jails strained by aging facilities, understaffing and funding politics; it urged consolidation and a transition center to support reentry.

Portland's City Council advanced an ordinance to require gender-neutral signs on single-occupancy restrooms in public-facing businesses, a change officials say will cost only a few dollars per sign.

Multnomah County Commissioner Shannon Singleton launched a campaign for county chair, pitching executive experience on housing, addiction and behavioral health.

State officials say 99% of districts have adopted cellphone bans after Gov. Kotek’s order. Educators and librarians report calmer classrooms and rising book checkouts.

A new Oregon Senate bill would ban mobile syringe distribution within 2,000 feet of schools, putting pop-up needle exchanges near Providence Park and Lincoln High in the crosshairs.

An internal Multnomah County review found missing distribution logs for nearly $272,000 in gift cards and other incentives tied to county programs. Finance staff are collecting cards and paperwork while auditors keep digging.