Portland Tribune

22/11/2025

📝"The business community needs to adopt a 'we’re in this together' mindset instead of their current 'you’re on your own' starting point that ignores the role of adequately funded public structures in creating a sound business climate where everyone has the opportunity to flourish," Chuck Sheketoff writes.

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Oregon’s business climate is once again on the minds of business leaders in the state, as evidenced by a recent opinion piece in The Oregonian by Karla S. Chambers, co-founder and co-owner of Stahlbush Island Farms. The complaints about Oregon’s business climate focus on taxes (they claim they a...

22/11/2025

🚔A new task force was formed by regional law enforcement agencies to curb burglaries across Multnomah County.

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Multnomah County group, led by DA Nathan Vasquez, includes resources from Gresham Police, MCSO, and Portland Police

21/11/2025

🏛️The agency has historically served as a key resource for Oregonians who lack the resources for a lawyer, despite its struggle to clear a backlog of cases alleging civil rights violations and wage theft.

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The agency has historically served as a key resource for Oregonians who lack the resources for a lawyer, despite its struggle to clear a backlog of cases alleging civil rights violations and wage theft A pattern of ill-advised management decisions reflecting “strategic neglect” and an ongoing ...

21/11/2025

Start the countdown.

There are only a handful of days left until a 75-foot Christmas tree is illuminated in Pioneer Courthouse Square, marking the start of the holiday season.

In its 41st year, the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony is returning to downtown Portland the day after Thanksgiving.

🎄Find all the details at Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/11/21/christmas-countdown-starts-as-tree-lighting-nears-in-downtown-portland/

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📝: Hannah Seibold

21/11/2025

🏛️Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027.

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027 This is a developing story and may be updated. Gov. Tina Kotek wants state agencies to move faster to address climate change, ensure more...

21/11/2025

🚘Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the compensation process for wrongfully convicted individuals.

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Automated license reading technology has sparked controversy across the state due to concerns about data-sharing with federal immigration authorities Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the...

21/11/2025

🏫 New data from the Oregon Department of Education shows high rates of chronic absenteeism continue since students returned to school from pandemic closures.

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New data from the Oregon Department of Education shows high rates of chronic absenteeism continue since students returned to school from pandemic closures The rate of Oregon ninth graders on track to graduate in four years hit record highs during the 2024-25 school year, according to new data from t...

20/11/2025

🚔A 36-year-old man was arrested Thursday after allegedly threatening TriMet security guards with a weapon in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood, sparking a standoff that temporarily shut down MAX light rail service and blocked East Burnside Street.

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A 36-year-old man was arrested Thursday after allegedly threatening TriMet security guards with a weapon in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood, sparking a standoff that temporarily shut down MAX light rail service and blocked East Burnside Street.

20/11/2025

🚔A Portland man faces up to 20 years in prison for starting a fire at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam Avenue.

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Trenten Edward Barker, 34, pleaded guilty to arson of a federal building and could face up to 20 years in prison.

20/11/2025

🚔Prosecutors said they will seek a substantial prison sentence under Oregon’s repeat-offender statute.

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A Portland man whose “BIER” graffiti tag appeared on murals and businesses across the city was convicted Wednesday of more than 50 counts of criminal mischief.

20/11/2025

🚌TriMet is reducing staff and spending to address a $300 million budget shortfall. The transit agency eliminated 68 positions, including 26 nonunion layoffs, while reassigning some union employees.

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TriMet is reducing staff and spending to address a $300 million budget shortfall. The transit agency eliminated 68 positions, including 26 nonunion layoffs, while reassigning some union employees. The cuts follow internal reorganizations and cost-saving measures that have reduced spending by $17.7 m...

20/11/2025

Echoes of “Revoke the permit” filled Southwest Fourth Avenue in front of Portland City Hall on Wednesday evening.

A large crowd gathered at the front of the building ahead of the Portland City Council meeting, demanding action from the city in revoking the building permit for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam due to reported land use violations.

Molly Brown, of Portland Contra las Deportaciones, which founded the Revoke the ICE Permit PDX coalition, had a megaphone in hand for much of the hour-long protest.

“We want that facility shut down tomorrow. Whatever we have to do — that’s what’s going to happen,” Brown said over the speaker to the crowd.

🏛️Read more at the Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/11/19/crowd-rallies-at-portland-city-hall-to-urge-revocation-of-ice-facility-permit/

🎥&📝: Hannah Seibold