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-The Portland City Council unanimously voted not to sunset the city’s 1% “Tourism and Hospitality Recovery” tax first imposed on hotel room bookings in 2021 to fund the post-pandemic recovery of Portland’s travel and tourism industry.

Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez announced Thursday morning that he is running for mayor. Gonzalez is the second person on Portland City Council to announce a mayoral bid for the 2024 council race, after Commissioner Mingus Mapps launched his campaign for mayor earlier this year. Gonzalez and Mapps join Durell Kinsey Bey, a youth coordinator and political newcomer whose campaign marks his first run for office. Gonzalez, who was elected to council in 2022, has...

Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez is officially running to be the next mayor of Portland.He held a campaign kickoff event Thursday at Southwest 4th Avenu

• Take the Don't Conflate Hanukkah (a festival) and Israel ( a country) challenge. • What cold-hearted monster threw a brick at Sunlan Lighting? • The ongoing atmospheric river confluence dries out a little today. • It's Good Morning, News!