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Across the city’s five parking districts, an hour on the street will cost 60 cents more than last year, with downtown parking increasing to $3 an hour.

Three years after the closure of the beloved Northwest Food Front co-op in 2023, the board and its membership continue to wage war over the building’s future.

Although the bill rescinds “unobligated” funds, Albina Vision Trust remains optimistic about $488 million in federal highway grants.

“Our neighborhood ecosystem is severely out of balance.”

The council appears amenable to a Parks Levy rate between $1.35 and $1.50.

Layoffs are likely, but the city’s transportation bureau remained opaque about the consequences of the bill’s death.

In a Friday morning email, Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane—who in recent weeks has publicly clashed with Pirtle-Guiney—took umbrage at the president’s actions.

Close to ten BIPOC executive directors of nonprofit organizations testified to the council, railing them for rejecting the funding recommendations.

A handful of councilors who voted for the full remand reportedly regretted their decision soon after the vote, council staff have told WW.

The Portland City Council has thrown the Portland Children’s Levy into disarray by rejecting the entirety of its $70.9 million grants package and instead extending existing grants by a year, citing concerns about how nonprofits were scored by the allocation committee.

Portland Parks and Recreation director Adena Long was placed on administrative leave from the city this week.

The Finance Committee of the Portland City Council today advanced a policy that would exempt new residential projects from system development charges for a three-year period beginning 30 days after the full council vote.

The city’s tree inspectors are moving from Urban Forestry to the city’s centralized permitting office.

The police department said it agreed to provide onsite security after the murder of a Minnesota state representative this weekend.

Two clear voting blocs have emerged during budget season.