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City Council demands mayor investigate Zenith Energy agreement
Portland City Council voted 11-1 on March 19 in favor of a resolution demanding Mayor Keith Wilson investigate Zenith Energy’s potential violations of its franchise agreement after the Houston-based fossil fuel transport and storage company constructed and operated pipes at its Northwest Portland facility without first notifying the Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ. “Earth…
County closes busy, low-barrier downtown shelter
Multnomah County will close the 90-bed shelter in the former downtown Greyhound station March 30, eliminating a low-barrier shelter option for homeless Portlanders and risking union jobs. Do Good Multnomah, a unionized shelter organization in the Portland metro, managed the Greyhound site. Non-unionized nonprofit Helping Hands operates the Bybee Lakes Hope Center, the county’s planned…
Legislation inspired by Street Roots reporting improves vetting of campus security
Matthew Roberts was a compliance officer for the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission until 2016, when he was fired for allegedly attacking someone he thought was a minor in possession of alcohol and lying about it to his superiors. Although the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, or DPSST, documented Roberts’ firing, Southern…
Opinion
Opinion | Solutions for Portland’s budget crisis
Year after year, the city of Portland announces a budget shortfall, prompting program cuts and the sale of city property. For 30 years, Portland’s “leaders” failed to fill the hole created by the 1990s sabotage of the property tax, a critical funding source for local governments and schools. This year is worse, with the end…
Last Month in Oregon Labor | February 2025
Oregon nearly doubled its union wins in February, overwhelmingly due to organizing in the health care industry. New campaigns and labor actions remained steady, again mainly due to medical workers, though Bigfoot Beverages workers did push the needle as they entered their sixth month on strike. “Last month in Oregon labor” is a monthly installment…
