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Feds Investigate $6.7 Million in Stolen Vendor Payments From Bull Run Filtration Project
Someone posed as a city vendor and “caused the city to direct a $6.7 million vendor payment to an account of his choosing,” the lawsuit alleges.
Portland School Board Approves New Pay Range for Senior Administrators
The move to pay some of the district’s top officials more comes as PPS faces a $40 million budget deficit in the upcoming year.
Hollywood Theatre Opens David Lynch-Inspired Bar
Bar Hollywood honors the late director with film reel tables and a blue velvet seating area.
Council-Requested Poll Shows Portlanders Overall Would Prefer Cuts to Police Over Parks and Fire
A poll commissioned by two members of the Portland City Council show that Portlanders would prefer that budget cuts be made to the police bureau and homeless services rather than parks and firefighters.
PPS Superintendent’s Proposed 2025–26 Budget Reduces 242 Positions
PPS's latest budget draft comes after months of discussion, and will cut $17 million from central services and administration, and $23 million from school-based budgets.
The City Council Continues to Spar Over Procedure. What’s It Really About?
The City Council continues to spar over procedure. What's it really about?
Six Historically Displaced Students Applied to Transfer Back Into PPS
A Portland Public Schools initiative to bring students living in outer East Portland back to schools in North and Northeast saw almost no applications this academic year.
Our Top Green-Living Picks for Where to Eat and Drink
Biodynamic wine bars, regeneratively grown mushrooms, local CSAs and more.
Matt Donegan Has a Plan to Stop Oregon From Burning. Think Moneyball for Forests.
The antidote for wildfires: thinning and prescribed burns on a major scale.
Lawmakers Ponder Raising Oregon Health Plan Payments for Primary Health Care Providers
Lawmakers ponder raising the Oregon Health Plan payment for primary health care providers.