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The City Council is scheduled to vote on Order 68, which would temporarily end sweeps of the city's homeless encampments.

The City Council votes 8-0 to prohibit sales and distribution of plastic drinking straws in the city starting Jan. 1, 2021.

Portland Charter Commission candidates disclose fundraising totals At-large candidate Marpheen Chann currently leads the pack of 23 candidates in fundraising, reporting over $10,000 raised, while several other candidates reported no financial activity. Share The 23 candidates seeking nine seats on Portland’s new charter commission were required to report campaign fundraising and spending activity last week. Fundraising efforts vary widely, with a handful of candidates raising thousands of dollars apiece and others reporting no fundraising at all. Some candidates failed to file reports befo...

The fate of our NHS and the success of the Covid-19 jab mean health is high in readers' minds, but so is the health of our political debate

Politicians talk the talk but don’t deliver Sir, – Not surprisingly, John Swinney “survived” the vote of no confidence because he has done absolutely nothing wrong. The hypocritical Scottish Tories manufactured the vote, knowing it would fail, as a political gesture. The other two Unionist parties jumped on board in a pathetic show of solidarity. It baffles me as to why both Labour and the Lib Dems always support the Tories, both in Holyrood and in Westminster, despite the record of Boris Johnson’s government. Willie Rennie talks a good talk but when push comes to shove he ignores h...