Portland began utilizing a mayor-council form of government in 2025. In Portland, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The ...

Sonato told OPB that provision was to ensure the money benefited local workers who sometimes live year-round in on-farm housing. As for what comes next, some of the rules will come into effect at the ...

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Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think ...

An excerpt from yesterday's en banc decision, written by Judge Morgan Christen, in Project Veritas v. Schmidt (reversing the July 2023 panel decision); the full opinions are over 20,000 words long ...

Two children died of the flu in Oregon over Christmas week, the first such pediatric deaths in the state in two years, according to state health officials. They’re among 11 deaths of children ...

Jess Hazel / OPB “So Sean’s been making this PDX game,” said Brendon Cheves, who runs the weekly group. “It could be any airport, but his [game] is themed around PDX. And… dice towers ...

Nathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle at a memorial on Bourbon Street on Friday for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans. In a ...

The 82nd Golden Globes, beginning Sunday night at 8 p.m. EST, will hope to rekindle some of the frothy comic energy of the days when Ricky Gervais or Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted. Last year’s ...

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"What's the new guy like?" Earlier this year, I was asked this question by about 10 people: friends, contacts and people I've run into. "Who?" I'd respond. Each time, I'd be wondering how this ...