Portland to spend $10M cleaning bike lanes as city continues residential street sweeping halt
Funding from the new program will pay for a pair of bike lane sweepers, electric leaf blowers and eight full-time employees ...
Are Portland’s stubbornly high homicide numbers a new normal? Beat Check podcast
It’s undeniably good news that deadly violence in Portland continued to tick downward last year. The city recorded 71 homicides in 2024. That’s six fewer than the year prior and a 30% drop from the ...
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Oregon lawmakers report to work. Here’s what they’re up to: Beat Check podcast
On the latest Beat Check, reporters Sami Edge and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh offer a Salem legislative preview. You can support local journalism by becoming a subscriber to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Portland’s beleaguered Permitting Bureau struggles to lure permanent director
Portland officials have pumped the brakes on an effort to find a permanent director for the city’s revamped permitting and development bureau after too few people applied for the job, The ...
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How the largest U.S. supermarket merger in history imploded: Beat Check podcast
On the latest Beat Check, Oregonian/OregonLive reporters Kristine de Leon and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh unpack the final twists and turns of the supermarket deal gone sour. You can support local ...
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Portland to delay placing pricey new parks levy on ballot
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh covers Portland city government and politics, with a focus on accountability and watchdog reporting.