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The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! It’s a soggy Tuesday and it doesn’t look like we’ll get any reprieve until next week. If you haven’t heard by now, we’re in for snow this weekend. Stock...

In a move many expected, Commissioner Carmen Rubio announced her run for Portland mayor.

City Commissioner Carmen Rubio is running for Portland mayor. Rubio announced her mayoral campaign Tuesday morning, making her the fourth person and third current Portland City Council member to enter the mayor’s race. Rubio currently oversees the city’s housing bureau, development services, planning, and Prosper Portland, the city’s economic development agency. In a campaign announcement, Rubio said Portland deserves a mayor “who will take us into our future without dram...

A very consequential year that set the table for a much better future.

Not sure if you noticed, but the pandemic brought out the best in people, as well as the WORST. Portland's resident right-wingers, rich crybabies, police enablers, and fake Democrats crawled out of the woodwork during the pandemic to take advantage of our city's various crises, and have been especially busy during 2023. While there were far too many local bad actors, internet trolls, and violent shitheads to list here, what follows is a ranked list...

To restore trust in our leaders, and more importantly, trust in our streets, we must do something dramatically different.

Steve Novick says he’s ready to return to Portland City Hall. On Friday, the former city commissioner announced his campaign for District 3, representing a broad swath of inner Southeast Portland that stretches east to I-205 and south down to the Woodstock neighborhood. Novick served on Portland City Council from 2013 to 2017. He lost his reelection bid to Chloe Eudaly in November 2016, after facing her in a primary election that spring that forced...

The third phase of Portland's Fixing Our Streets transportation program would invoplve a 10-cent gas tax that gathers $70.5 million to fill potholes, pave busy

Mapps must be mindful of voter moods and can't afford to come away empty-handed.

Should his plan be approved by voters, it would use a gas tax to repair things like potholes, improving safe routes to school and keeping traffic and street lights in good shape.