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The city prohibits public access through its parks, and most other lakefront property is private. The plaintiffs claim the city's restrictions are unconstitutional.

Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Board members continued to consider the best ways to spend Oregon’s portion of national opioid settlement funds by focusing on prevention efforts on Wednesday.

For more than a decade, the city has fought efforts to allow public access to Oswego Lake, writes MIchael Blumm, a Lewis & Clark law professor. The case raises fundamental questions about how democratic institutions like the City Council respond to groups with concentrated economic power.

Republican Mike Erickson and Democrat Andrea Salinas are vying for Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, one of the most diverse in the state.

Judge disqualified from Oswego Lake case, ruling in doubt, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

The defendants raised questions about the judge's impartiality after discovering that she met with the plaintiffs and discussed the case years earlier.

The city prohibits public access from its lakeside parks, which the plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit argue results in a de facto ban on public use of the lake.

An upcoming phase of an ongoing lawsuit will address whether the city's access restrictions are reasonable.

From reporter to newsmaker: Portland Sen. Burdick retires, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

From political news writer to public newsmaker, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.