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City Council moves forward with proposal to expand Portland Street Response
The City of Portland is facing a backlog of costly and increasingly urgent projects - and a more than $1 billion funding gap, according to a new audit report released Wednesday. The superintendent of ...
City Council to consider making Portland Street Response its own branch, equal to police or fire
Right now, Portland Street Response can be reached by calling 911 from anywhere in the city between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. every ...
Portland watchdog sounds alarm on city’s ‘crushing infrastructure funding gap’
Portland’s elected watchdog on Wednesday warned that years of poorly maintained roads, parks and other public assets now pose ...
‘They were 2 feet away from having a dead 6-year-old’: Portland family sues city for $4.7M over tree permit
Joel and Sarah Bond had filed for a removal permit back in January 2022, but Portland’s Bureau of Urban Forestry denied the ...