Committees of the new Portland City Council focusing on a range of topics met for the first time this week, launching an ...

(AP) — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon ... the City Council chambers had to be completely renovated. Portland voters last month elected ...

The switch hasn’t been without hiccups — from AV challenges in the new council chambers to debate over ... goal to remove barriers that have made City Hall feel inaccessible and out of touch ...

The new council's 11 new members, plus Ryan, will fill the chamber as they represent Portland's four new geographic districts instead of running city bureaus. A city administrator will oversee the ...

Michael Jordan, a powerful fixture within the city’s new form of government, will remain in his post through the end of the ...

Pirtle-Guiney has a long history in Oregon government ... I would be open to that … This is a new thing for Portland to have a city council that is independent from the mayor and the ...

The council expects to adopt the same goals it had last year, with the addition of effectively reusing the former Mahoney Middle School building. The South Portland City Council brainstormed goals ...

The year-round resource center is also backed by research from Oregon Health and Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute. After hearing about their experiences, Portland City Council ...