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Each map has a district in the West, North and Northeast, Southeast, and East Portland. But the population requirement for the districts means each one must have around 163,000 residents.
The new plan expands the City Council to 12 members and divides Portland into four political districts. Under the new structure, voters will elect three council members to represent each district.
Three draft district map proposals based on Independent Districting Commission deliberations. (Maps via Maja Harris/Rose City Reform).. Portland’s Independent Districting Commission (IDC) has selected ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — About a month ago, Portland City Council approved the creation of six new districts throughout the city with the idea of generating new revenue to invest back into those ...
The Portland Public Schools strike is the latest in a wave of educator labor actions in progressive cities up and down the West Coast. Other Oregon school districts and teachers unions are ...
In the first-quarter, Portland’s office vacancy rate of 35 percent was the highest among the 25 largest central business districts in the U.S., real estate firm Colliers reported.
BEAVERTON, Ore — Portland Public Schools, the Beaverton School District, the Salem-Keizer School District and dozens of other districts across western Oregon preemptively canceled classes Friday ...
December 21, 2024 at 7:04 am PST. In the past week, three Portland-area school districts issued assurances seeking to calm the anxiety some families—particularly immigrants and those in ...
Portland School Districts See Slight Rise In Test Scores, but They’re Still Dismal “I’m not proud of the fact that we’re still in a crisis,” says PPS superintendent.