Tim Grewe News Today

The Portland City Council, acting as the Portland Budget Committee, unanimously approved an $8.2 billion budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year on May 15, as required by state budget law.

As the city of Portland prepares to make deep cuts to avoid a projected budget deficit for the 2024-25 fiscal year, Portlanders are pressuring city council to keep Portland Street Response off the chopping block. Residents showed up in force during a budget listening session Wednesday, April 10, insisting the non-police, alternative response program not only be safe from budget cuts, but be expanded to a 24/7 service....

Mayor Ted Wheeler is convening a meeting of regional leaders Thursday to discuss how to ease what he calls the increasing “collective tax burden” that is hurting affordability and the

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities had to expand from 50 to 80 campsites to accommodate families for the annual event.

Sam Jaffe of E Source Companies says, “The price of lithium has been so expensive for so long that it is starting to affect the end price of batteries.”

Details of electrification strategy shows automaker is serious about being major EV supplier.

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

General Motors says the move to electric vehicles provides increased platform flexibility and will help bring prices down

Car makers are struggling to ramp up electric vehicle production because the supply of batteries is not growing fast enough. That provides an opening for plug-in hybrids.

It’s luxurious, fast, pretty, and you can own one without people asking you to justify the rants of a megalomaniac billionaire. What more do you want?