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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler promises to revive city and restructure government in annual speech
In his annual State of the City address on Friday, Mayor Ted Wheeler detailed his plans to revive the struggling city and said Portland was in the middle of “a newborn and fragile movement towards recovery.”
Portland mayor’s proposed budget adds spending to address crime, homelessness, trash, graffiti
Mayor Ted Wheeler's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which he sent to the press Wednesday, stretches from July 1 of this year through the end of June 2023. Of the $6.7 billion available, the mayor had $621 million in “General Fund discretionary” resources, meaning there are few limitations on how the money can be spent.
Portland mayor uses emergency powers to centralize homeless services within city
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to introduce an emergency order Wednesday to create a new homeless service hub within city government, streamlining the work of various city bureaus that interact with people living outside.
Effort to recall Ted Wheeler fading as organizers sue for more time
Organizers of the effort to recall Mayor Ted Wheeler say they are falling short of the needed signatures, but they say the city's three-month recall window should be thrown out.
Portland will not enforce citywide vaccine mandate on police force
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Wednesday that he will not be mandating the city’s police force to get vaccinated.
Bracing for brawling right-wing groups to flood Portland, Wheeler pleads for protesters to “choose love”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had a message on Friday for the brawling right-wing groups predicted to pour into downtown on Sunday and clash violently with the anti-fascist counterprotesters they meet: “choose love.”
The campaign to recall Portland’s mayor collected 6,000 signatures in first month. Experts say it’s doomed
Coming off its first month of signature gathering, the campaign to boot Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler from office says it has gathered roughly 6,000 signatures - 7% of the way to the campaign’s stated goal with less than two months to go.
Portland mayor tells police to prepare for body cameras
In anticipation of the U.S. Department of Justice forcing the city’s hand, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is directing the police bureau to prepare for a body worn camera program.
The push to oust Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has officially begun
The organizers behind ‘Total Recall PDX,’ as the campaign to boot Wheeler from office has been branded, need to collect 47,788 valid signatures — 15% of the total number of Portlanders that voted in the 2018 gubernatorial election -- to force a recall election.
Portland officials raising a few concerns about mayor’s budget proposal
The biggest clash brewing between council members is around how quickly to scale up the Portland Street Response program aimed at non-police crisis intervention.