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Portland Public School (PPS) representatives reiterated their skepticism of the Interstate 5 expansion project, as well as their distrust of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), in an intergovernmental meeting Thursday evening. ODOT representatives presented the latest updates of the Rose Quarter Project—ODOT’s nearly $800 million plan to add two new lanes to a 1.7 mile stretch of I-5 in Northeast Portland to reduce congestion and fender benders—to the PPS Board of E...

2021 in Review: Portland faced big problems, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Wheeler recall sues for 90 more days to collect signatures, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Portland City Council has approved a new pilot program created to address the growing number of low-level 911 calls that don't involve criminal activity. The trial run for this new program, called Portland Street Response, will consist of two staff members—one, an emergency medical responder, the other, a crisis worker—and be limited to the Lents neighborhood. The duo will be dispatched by Portland 911 operators to respond to calls that don't require a police officer,...

Report: Wheeler recall drive will fail, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Report: Portland mayor recall drive will fail, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Efforts to remove Mayor Ted Wheeler from office began within weeks of his winning reelection. Ted Wheeler was the first Portland mayor elected to a second term in 20 years, winning reelection last November. But he could be forced back on the ballot in a recall election later this year. If that happens, he will face his toughest opponent — himself. The only question will be whether he should stay in office, not whether he is better than another candidate. Wheeler won with 46% of the vote ...

Recall petition filed against Portland Mayor Wheeler July 01 2021 Critics have 90 days to collect nearly 50,000 valid signatures of Portland voters to prompt a recall election. The campaign to recall Mayor Ted Wheeler kicked off with the filing of the prospective election petition on Thursday, July 1. "Portland has endured years of crisis. When we needed a leader to solve problems, Ted Wheelers inaction made our challenges worse," it reads in part. The petition was filed by chief p...

Portland City Council apologizes for Civic Life mess, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

[What follows is part three of a five-part series on the progress Portland has made on police reform over the past year. Read the rest here.—eds] After the June 2020 budget vote, Wheeler released his own “19-point police reform action plan,” detailing ways his office will improve and adjust policing in Portland. A number of those reforms included actions made in the budget (like “remove police officers from schools”), and others were as simple as...