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Crews return barriers around federal courthouse in Portland PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Crews have set up fencing around a federal courthouse in downtown Portland on Sunday just days after removing the barriers following multiple protests and vandalism on and around the building, authorities said. Federal officials told Oregon Public Broadcasting that the fencing was removed from the Hatfield Federal Courthouse on March 8 as a symbolic gesture to return the city to normalcy, KOIN-TV reported Monday. However, the building was vandalized during demonstrations after the fencing was taken down last w...

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez The Department of Homeland Security has chosen a most odd time to take down the F-word and ACAB-festooned fencing and jersey barriers protecting the federal courthouse in Portland. Last May, after a fentanyl-addled George Floyd was held down for an agonizingly long time (nine minutes) under the knee of Officer Derek Chauvin, riots broke out in his name, at first in Minneapolis and then across the country, especially in “woke” Portland. Fast forward to now, when Chauvin’s trial is underway. Minneapolis has spent $1 million to secure buildings already trashed ...

City permanently cuts funds to Portland neighborhood group Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, February 26, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland commissioner has decided to permanently cut funding from a neighborhood group after an audit found that money had been mismanaged. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who oversees the city’s civic life bureau, opted to remove funding from Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. The nonprofit first had its funding th...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams Will Join Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Office, Although Not as Chief of Staff The former city commissioner and chief of staff to former Mayor Vera Katz came up short in a 2020 election bid but enjoys strong support downtown. Sam Adams The hiring has been rumored since late December, and the possibility was first reported by The details of Adams' job in the mayor's office remain unclear, but two so...

Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan was the swing vote on a proposal to cut $18 million from the city’s police budget. That proposal came from fellow Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and was supported by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. A group of Antifa/BLM activists saw Ryan as a potential third vote to pass the measure. Several dozen of them marched to Ryan’s house in late October and began chanting. Protesters have taken to city council commissioner Dan Ryan’s home to ask him to defund PPB pic.twitter.com/jiadSi7ayS Ryan came out and agreed to talk with them. At the time he said he wasn’t s...