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  • Behind the doors of Portland’s plan to end unsheltered homelessness

    October 2025 / Rest and desperation were visible at one of Portland’s new overnight shelters.

  • A shopping center’s demise brings frustration to East Portland

    July 2025 / The Gateway district’s economic struggles offer Portland’s new city government a chance to show up for long-neglected neighborhoods.

  • Trump is back in the White House, but Portland isn’t sure how to respond

    July 2025 / Portland officials weigh how to navigate a new federal landscape without sacrificing the city’s values

  • In East Portland, a light post offers hope for a change in City Hall representation

    March 2025 / How East Portland neighborhoods are experiencing district representation in the city’s new government.

  • A political outsider faces a daunting task: Fix Portland’s homelessness crisis

    December 2024 / An in-depth profile of Portland’s new mayor, Keith Wilson.

  • How candidates — and their donors — are navigating a first-of-its-kind election season in Portland

    October 2024 / In the city’s first election with ranked-choice voting and district representation, candidates get creative.

  • Multnomah County district attorney race: A progressive prosecutor vs. a challenger colleague

    May 2024 / A race for the county’s top prosecutor office put Portlanders’ values on display.

  • Some Portland police use low-level force at a rate far higher than their peers

    Feb 2024 / Portland police have been under federal scrutiny for problematic use of force for almost a decade, but little has changed.

  • How homelessness in Oregon became a statewide crisis -- and what's being done to address it.

    Octobert 2023 Part 1, Part 2 / A two-part series explaining the roots of Oregon’s homeless crisis and the many solutions at work to end it.

  • Portland’s protests made them friends. After the Normandale Park shooting, they became family.

    April 2023 / A deadly shooting at a racial justice protest reveals cracks in Portland’s public safety systems.

  • Portland crafted a building code aimed at walkable, green neighborhoods. Developers say it’s part of the housing crisis

    April 2023 / Portland’s renowned environmental building standards may be contributing to skyrocketing housing costs.

  • Mayor Ted Wheeler turned to Sam Adams to fix Portland. But at what cost?

    January 2023 / What impact might Sam Adams' abrupt departure from City Hall have on current city priorities?