"Portland City Council passed a 🎸 a new land use fee 🎸 Wednesday that will seek to charge landlords who lease or permit buildings / property to be used as detention facilities with 💅damages💅 if those ✨detention facilities✨ end up costing the city a ton amount of money. NOW, that's some vague language for a SPECIFIC situation-this relates to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland. If you are a legislative wonk you may have some feelings about that."
"On Tuesday, Portland Public School Board voted to approve paying an out-of-state firm-the Texas-based Procedeo-to "oversee the modernization of three high schools and the planned Center for Black Student Excellence over the next five years," the Oregonian's Julia Silverman reports. Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong pitched the move to the board by arguing that consolidating the project would get the work done on time and on budget, as opposed to what's been happening with it up until now."
Periods of steady rain are expected through Tuesday; an atmospheric river might develop next week but for now rain will be persistent. Portland City Council approved a new land‑use fee to charge landlords who lease or permit buildings to be used as detention facilities for city costs if those facilities incur large expenses, a measure linked to the ICE building in South Portland. Portland Public Schools approved hiring Texas‑based Procedeo to oversee modernization of three high schools and the planned Center for Black Student Excellence over five years, prompting debate about using an out‑of‑state firm instead of the district's Office of School Modernization and questions about school size.
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