Boon or bust: Does Portland’s affordable housing … KOIN 6 News learned there are serious questions about whether the city’s law that forces developers to include affordable housing in new projects has backfired.
Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with these … A number of Portland-based businesses and organizations are remembering King this Monday, Jan. 16, with some MLK Day events of their own.
Gov. Kotek signs three executive orders to address … In her first full day as Oregon’s executive chief, Gov. Tina Kotek held a press conference on Tuesday, during which she signed three executive orders to address the state’s housing and homelessness crises.
Central City Concern fights homelessness, government … A well-known local organization is having trouble getting the doors open on its new shelter meant to help people with addiction and mental health problems. KOIN 6 News wanted to find out why the City of Portland does not make projects like it a priority in the permitting process.
Portland proclamation celebrates KBPS student radio’s … AM 1450 KBPS, the oldest student-run radio station in the United States, is celebrating 100 years on air in 2023 and on Wednesday, Portland city council proclaimed a day devoted to celebrating the centennial.
City commissioner, DA discuss return of Portland … Portland City Councilman and Commissioner of Public Safety Rene Gonzalez said that he will spend the next three months considering ways to reestablish a municipal court in Portland in hopes of prosecuting more misdemeanor crimes, which he said are going mostly unprosecuted by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
Portland protesters march over death of Tyre Nichols … Hundreds of protesters, outraged over the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, took to the streets of Portland Friday night hours after body cam and surveillance footage was released by investigators.
Leader of Reimagine Oregon ‘disappointed’ with Mapps’ … Justice Rajee, the Director of the local, Black-led organization Reimagine Oregon, says that he felt personally disrespected by Commissioner Mingus Mapp’s at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after Mapps repeatedly criticized Reimagine Oregon’s lack of action in distributing $5.8 million in Recreational Marijuana Tax funds set aside by the city to help incubate Black-owned businesses in Portland.
City Council approves PPB spending $1.5 million on … The Portland City Council has approved the Portland Police Bureau’s request to spend $1.5 million on a new patrol plane.
State of emergency, shake-ups, state lines in Kotek’s … Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek talked about her vision for the state during Eye on Northwest Politics.
