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Prosper Portland has repossessed two buildings in the Old Town neighborhood that had been purchased by a failed shoe start-up after it secured a $7 million loan from Prosper in 2025.

The Portland Metro Chamber is threatening to sue the city if the City Council makes changes to the city’s Arts Tax without voter approval.

The Portland City Council late last month passed a street fee that is estimated to bring in around $47 million annually to help the city fund street repairs.

One Portland firefighter is accused of sending sexually explicit photos to a minor girl. Another has been released on bail while facing child sex abuse material charges.

The council debated if police could be trusted to fairly enforce a policy that gives ample discretion to officers.

Bob Cozzie, the deputy city administrator overseeing the public safety area at the city of Portland, is leaving the city later this month.

The Home Forward board of commissioners on Friday morning approved a $171,000 severance package for its embattled former CEO Ivory Mathews, who resigned this week in a cloud of controversy over her travel spending on the taxpayer’s dime.

Mayor Keith Wilson says he “does not support” the severance package offered to outgoing Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews, who announced her resignation earlier this week after WW reported on her prolific agency-funded travel habits.

The councilors met with Dundon as the Moda Center renovation may hinge on council’s approval of funding.

The departing CEO, who resigned after WW reported on her travel habits, will receive a severance package of six months’ pay—$171,424.80—plus help finding her next job.

Willamette Week’s reporting showed that Ivory Mathews traveled the country attending conferences while her agency floundered.

“It adds fuel to the argument that government is all about waste, fraud and abuse.”