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fromPortland Mercury
1 week ago

Portland Children's Levy Funds Set to Be Disbursed After City Halted, Then Restored Grant Recommendations

In early June, after organizations like HOLLA had been notified of their selection to receive grants from the Portland Children's Levy (PCL), the Portland City Council made an unprecedented decision: voting to reject $70.9 million in grants the PCL allocation committee had awarded for the coming fiscal year and instead extending funding to the program's current large grantees for another year.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Good Morning, News: US Border Patrol Takes PNW Firefighters Into Custody, Portland City Councilors to Fly to Vienna, and Avalos Writes with AI

U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a firefighting worksite on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, checked IDs, detained two workers, and an Oregon man has gone missing.
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fromPortland Mercury
4 months ago

Good Morning, News: City Council Redistributes Cops' Wealth, Oregon SWAT's Toxic Email, and America Prepares for "No Kings" Day

Portland City Council debates budget amendments, reallocating $2.2 million from police to safety bureaus amid tensions over police funding.
fromPortland Mercury
4 months ago

City Councilors Advocate for Tenants in Old Town Affordable Housing

It shouldn't be this way; we shouldn't have to take it all the way to the fucking City Council and try to get it in a budget.
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