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Robert Ham GOOD MORNING, NEWS Yesterday 8:26 AM Music Yesterday 3:00 PM Parenthetical Girls’ Zac Pennington Returns to Portland With Popular Music EverOut Yesterday 11:00 AM The Top 44 Events in Portland This Week: May 13–19, 2024 The Trash Report Yesterday 9:55 AM THE TRASH REPORT: Jill Biden in Portland, Kelly Ripa Wastes Gossip, and What Tumblr Got Right Good Morning, News! Yesterday 8:26 AM Good Morning, News: Tiny Home Villages Better than Shelters, a New Aminé Music Fest, and Cohen Spills the Tea on Trump Newsblast! Sun 7:02 AM YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Yet Another Homeless Ordinance, Dark Money Shenanigans, and Is Glamping Evil? Opinion Fri 4:00 PM Mercury Endorsements: Elect Shannon Singleton for Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, District 2! Theater & Performance Fri 2:30 PM Theater Review: Hand2Mouth’s Spring Production, "Memento Mori," Speaks With the Dead EverOut Fri 2:00 PM Where to Celebrate Mother’s Day 2024 in Portland News Fri 1:35 PM Portland Japanese Garden Employees Announce Union EverOut Fri 11:09 AM This Week In Portland Food News EverOut Fri 10:01 AM The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: May 10–12, 2024 Good Morning, News! Fri 9:05 AM Good Morning, News: Kitzhaber Claps Back, Chief Bob Day’s New Goals (Are Old Goals), and Inside the PSU Library More from the Writers You Love to Yell At Courtney Vaughn Elinor Jones Taylor Griggs Suzette Smith More Movies & TV May 7 4:09 PM Evil Does Not Exist Is About Glamping and Other Forces Beyond Our Control The new film from Drive My Car director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi strays from the clean conservationist message that would typically accompany such beautiful cinema of the natural world. Dom Sinacola News Apr 18 2:20 PM Despite Record-High Traffic Crash Deaths, PBOT Leaders Say Vision Zero Is Working Advocates who have been tracking the city’s response to traffic fatalities aren’t so sure. Taylor Griggs News Apr 19 2:23 PM With Scant Evidence, City Commissioners Point to Fentanyl as Potential Contributor to Rise in Deadly Crashes Transportation advocates say putting the blame on victims is a distraction from the real causes of traffic deaths. Taylor Griggs News Mar 28 10:37 AM Within Three Years, Five Portland Officers Shot Eight People Watchdogs, legal groups say repeated deadly force incidents are alarming. Portland Police Bureau says it’s a byproduct of high-risk job assignments. Courtney Vaughn News Apr 25 4:15 PM What Would You Do With $15 Million of City Money? Petition Would Give Portlanders a Say If a participatory budgeting campaign gets off the ground, residents would be able to spend 2 percent—about $15 million—of the city’s budget each year on community projects. Taylor Griggs News Apr 25 11:24 AM City Council Formulates New Public Camping Rules For the Unhoused; Gonzalez’s Plan Rejected Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s idea to hand policy control to the mayor and fine houseless people up to $1K was shot down in a 3-2 vote. Courtney Vaughn News Apr 4 8:00 AM Mayor Wheeler’s Office Pledges to Support, Sustain Portland Street Response Former city commissioner and program founder chastises poor leadership” for the popular emergency response team’s lack of growth. Courtney Vaughn News May 2 6:42 PM Police Arrest 30 During Portland State University Library Raid and Ongoing Protest As cops swarm the urban campus to disband a days-long occupation, teachers denounce police response to campus protests across Oregon. Courtney Vaughn & Suzette Smith News Apr 12 2:03 PM Public Pleas to Save Portland Street Response Dominate City Budget Session As Portland prepares to slash bureau budgets ahead of 2024-25 fiscal year, residents make their case for investments in alternative response programs and gun violence reduction. Courtney Vaughn News Apr 19 5:30 PM Commissioners Introduce Dueling Homeless Ordinances; Experts Say None Get to the Root of the Problem Mayoral candidates Gonzalez, Mapps, and Rubio have unveiled starkly different ordinances for regulating camping in Portland, as the city tries to fix legal issues with its prior rules. Courtney Vaughn News Mar 20 12:21 PM Portland Police Will Get Premium Pay for Joining New Crowd Control Team Amid lingering criticisms and lawsuits stemming from the 2020 protests, the city approved a 6 percent pay bump for new public order team officers. Courtney Vaughn News Mar 29 2:30 PM Portland’s Government Transition Team Wants Your Input on Future Council Operations Charter reform will usher in a wave of new processes and transform how City Council conducts business. Taylor Griggs News Apr 9 8:30 AM Frustrated with Biden’s Stance on Gaza, Activists Want Voters to Write Uncommitted” on Their Ballots Oregon Democrats are encouraged to cast protest votes in the May primary election. State officials say it may not work as intended. Kevin Foster Movies & TV May 3 5:00 PM New Life Is a Scrappy Portland-Shot Sci-Fi Horror That Tears Through the Soul John Rosman’s fantastic feature debut marks him as an exciting new filmmaker. Chase Hutchinson News Apr 29 12:30 PM Portland Freight Train Derailment Spotlights Transportation and Environmental Risks A Union Pacific freight train derailed on the east end of Portland’s Steel Bridge Monday, halting traffic for several hours. Advocates say it could’ve been a lot worse. 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