Ted Wheeler

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 Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Wednesday that he will not be mandating the city’s police force to get vaccinated.

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.”

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.

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 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.

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.

Framing 2021 as “the year of recovery,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler detailed an optimistic vision for the city’s future during the next phase of the pandemic as many residents begin to emerge from a year-long quarantine and local businesses prepare to reopen this spring.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler rang in the New Year-- and a new term --- by pledging a tougher stance on people who commit violence and vandalism at demonstrations.

Protesters once again targeted the North Portland home of Commissioner Dan Ryan Thursday evening, hours after the newest council member cast a deciding no vote on an $18 million budget cut to police bureau.