Evidence pieced together from the public record shows that drugs are being smuggled into the county’s jails left and right—and staff has been unable to stop it. And it’s not just drugs. wweek.com/news/2024/04/10/wh…

Two city commissioners—Rene Gonzalez and Dan Ryan—are questioning the neutrality of the city's voter outreach. wweek.com/news/city/2024/02/…

Mobilitas Insurance Company is making a novel legal argument: that the city, by failing to enforce its own rules against pitching tents alongside major roads, abetted the deadly crash by obstructing drivers’ view of oncoming traffic. wweek.com/news/city/2024/02/…

In the wake of last summer’s crackdown on open-air fentanyl dealing in downtown Portland, suppliers have had to come up with new ways to distribute their wares. wweek.com/news/courts/2024/0…

For nearly six months, Commissioner Rene Gonzalez has mulled an idea to repeal and alter the Portland Clean Energy Fund. In response, social justice and climate nonprofits have held two meetings within the past week to discuss how to combat the threat. wweek.com/news/city/2024/03/…

The backers of a ballot initiative that seeks to bring participatory budgeting to Portland—whereby community members get to direct a small percentage of the city’s $7 billion annual budget—have begun collecting signatures. wweek.com/news/city/2024/03/…

WW has learned that officials have discussed adding a new element to the city’s mass tiny home encampment at the Clinton Triangle in Southeast Portland: detoxification beds where campers could get clean from fentanyl and other hard drugs. wweek.com/news/city/2024/03/…

Last year, 367 people ended their lives via the law, a 21% jump from 2022. What explains the increase? Oregon no longer requires proof of residency, so people are traveling here from other states to die on their own terms. wweek.com/news/2024/03/20/mo…

For the past year, City Commissioner Dan Ryan repeatedly expressed his concern over the rising costs of the city’s government transition. But when commissioners requested money to oversee reorganized bureaus, Ryan wanted more staff than anybody else. wweek.com/news/city/2024/03/…

Readers sent a flurry of letters in response to Nigel Jaquiss’ reporting on a Senate bill that would benefit a labor union and a Portland racial-justice nonprofit. wweek.com/news/dialogue/2024…

A narcotics task force headed by the Portland Police Bureau has already seized more fentanyl this year than it had in all of 2023, according to new numbers. wweek.com/news/courts/2024/0…

Gov. Tina Kotek told reporters today she is not making any immediate changes in the role of first lady Aimee Kotek Wilson, but she will seek guidance from the Oregon Government Ethics Commission this week on the proposed Office of the First Lady. wweek.com/news/state/2024/04…

The Joint Office, which has a budget of $277 million this year, does not know how many people need services, what their issues are, who has contacted them, or whether current remedies for homelessness work. wweek.com/news/2024/04/03/af…

In 2016, corrections nurse Camille Valberg made national news after an inmate at the Clackamas County Jail, Bryan Perry, died on her watch. Two years later, Valberg found another job—in Multnomah County’s troubled jails. wweek.com/news/courts/2024/0…

Talk to most commercial real estate experts and you’ll hear that downtown Portland is a smoking crater, occupancywise. Patricia Raicht, head of research for the Western U.S. at Jones Lang LaSalle, has a contrarian take. wweek.com/news/2024/04/09/co…

The stopwatch for Portland’s January 90-day “fentanyl state of emergency” is running down and, with the problem still far from solved, leaders of the state, city and county will now have to grapple with what to do next. wweek.com/news/2024/04/10/do…

Three county chairs argued Wednesday that Metro should not take away their homeless services money and use it to build housing. wweek.com/news/2024/03/21/co…