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Metro Delays Ballot Measure to Amend Homeless Tax From May Election to November

By Anthony Effinger

Preliminary Enrollment Forecasts Show Steeper Decline to Come for Portland Public Schools

By Joanna Hou

Oregon Health Authority Sets Timeline for Controversial Rule Change

By Sophie Peel

Portland Winter Light Festival Will Illuminate February Skies

By Rachel Saslow

Rep. Pam Marsh Introduces Ticket Reselling Bill for 2025 Legislative Session

By Andrew Jankowski

City Permitting Staff Objects to PGE Plans to Protect Forest Park in Transmission Line Project

By Anthony Effinger

Portland Public Schools Says It Could Cut 230 Jobs to Meet Budget Shortfall

By Joanna Hou

Departing School Board Member Andrew Scott Leaves a $1.83 Billion Bond Measure as His Parting Gift

By Joanna Hou

CityTeam Moves Rehab Shelter Into Old Town, No Thanks to County Officials

By Anthony Effinger

Willamette Week’s 2025 Volunteer Guide

Find Portland-based nonprofits to volunteer with through Willamette Week's Volunteer Guide. From community causes to animal care, this philanthropic guide has something for everyone.

By Promotions

Wyden Decided Against Protecting the Owyhee. Oregonians May Not Get Another Chance Soon.

By Nigel Jaquiss

The Parks Bureau Says It Needs to Double Its Tax Levy in Order to Avoid Major Cuts. Will the City Council Bite?

By Sophie Peel

Murmurs: GOP Operative Targets Vote by Mail

By WW Staff

Tax Foes Say Those Who Can Leave Portland Do

By Anthony Effinger

Raymond Parenteau Built a Fortune From One of the Fastest-Growing Government Programs in Oregon

By Lucas Manfield

TV News Talents Leave Airwaves

By Aaron Mesh

GOP Operative Targets Vote by Mail

By Nigel Jaquiss

Parents Allege School Officials Donated Air Purifiers to Los Angeles Before Completing Portland Fixes

By Joanna Hou

What to Do in Portland (Jan. 22–28, 2025)

By Shannon Daehnke

Shows of the Week: Tank and The Bangas Seem Like They Could Burst Into Song at Any Moment

By Daniel Bromfield

Lady Lamb Brings Social Justice to the Stage

By Robert Ham

Zoë Gamell Brown’s Art Show “wiri wiri bird’s eye” Considers Mental Ecology

By Sage Agee

“The Palestine Exception” Looks Back at Portland State University Campus Protests

By Morgan Shaunette

Chinese Vegan Restaurant Jade Rabbit Reopens on Belmont

By Andrew Jankowski

Remembering David Lynch’s Impact on the Pacific Northwest

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer