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Buried in a whistleblower’s 22-page complaint against Sunstone Way are details about bar tabs that could bring scrutiny from one of the nonprofit shelter provider’s largest customers: Multnomah County’s Department of Homeless Services.

Multnomah County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards today declared her candidacy for county chair, taking on fellow Commissioner Shannon Singleton in a contest to succeed Jessica Vega Pederson, who decided late last year not to seek a second term.

As Multnomah County officials try to plot out the next decade of Preschool for All, the rates reimbursed to providers have come back into the spotlight.

In a legal notice, Leslee Barnes says the county used a WW story as a pretext to oust her.

Mattt Zmuda says folding Multnomah County government into Portland’s is the best way to drag the city out of its economic malaise.

If Preschool for All needs to serve fewer kids than anticipated, a scheduled tax increase might be less essential than previously thought.

Fentanyl overdoses still constitute the vast majority of deaths, but they are down from 2023.

Vega Pederson had a tumultuous first—and last—term.

Andy Goebel, chief executive officer at Sunstone Way, a nonprofit that operates homeless shelters for the city of Portland and Multnomah County, is taking a six-week sabbatical to deal with the stress of his job.

Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s initiative to provide universal preschool to every child who wants it by 2030, now sits on close to $610 million.

The single-issue ballot doesn’t appear to be bringing in many voters.

The tension between Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson over the economic impacts of Preschool for All, which reached a boiling point in June, now merely simmers.