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Portland city employees, councilors question Mayor Wilson’s return-to-office mandate
Days before a return-to-office mandate kicks in for city managers, Portland city councilors got an earful from workers.
Politics
Portlanders defend youth programs, parks, jobs at city budget sessions
Saving programs that serve Portland kids has been a central theme in the first two public budget sessions, held in Southeast Portland’s District 3 and East Portland’s District 1 last week.

Environment
PGE can cut into Forest Park following Portland hearing officers' decision
Portland General Electric plans to log about 400 trees in Portland's urban forest to make way for power poles and transmission lines.

Politics
Gov. Kotek, Mayor Wilson join forces to increase apartment construction in Portland
Portland leaders and the Oregon governor’s office have teamed up with the private sector to tackle the city’s housing crisis. Mayor Keith Wilson and Gov. Tina Kotek convened a meeting Thursday with housing developers, construction firms and other city officials to float solutions to the city’s slow pace of housing development.

Politics
Portland Street Response can respond to more 911 calls under new policy changes
New city policies will formalize – and expand – rules around how Portland’s mental health first responders do their job.
Politics
Portland councilors, staff raise transparency concerns around Mayor Wilson’s shelter budget
Mayor Keith Wilson's foggy funding plan for his shelter proposal, landing alongside news of a vast budget shortfall, has given city councilors and city staff pause.

Think Out Loud
Portland Ombudsman says complaint-based rules enforcement most affects diverse and gentrifying neighborhoods
We talk with the Ombudsman for the city of Portland about property maintenance rules that disproportionately affect homeowners of color.

Politics
Two Portland public labor unions inch closer to a strike
Two Portland unions representing city employees are getting closer to walking off the job over a breakdown in contract negotiations.

Politics
Portland city councilors to consider expanding staff, office budgets Wednesday night
As Portland city councilors navigate their new roles in a revamped city government, they’re feeling shorthanded. On Wednesday, councilors will decide whether to expand their current budgets, which designates just one staffer each, to better meet their needs.

Politics
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson mandates in-person work for all city managers beginning in April
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson announced that all city managers and supervisors must return to working in office full time this spring.