Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards are introducing a proposal to “kick-start” ...

A new proposal would diminish the chair’s unilateral authority to control the board agenda, declare a public meeting over.

Multnomah County's Preschool For All program is expanding to serve 1,575 more children in the 2025-26 school year.The program ...

Federal authorities busted a drug market in Multnomah Co. that court documents say had been drawing in dozens of vehicles to ...

W ith 60% of Oregon designated as public land, a trip to the Beaver State is ideal for nature lovers, who can explore everywhere from high desert climates in the east to verdant f ...

Oregon has historically used a portion of the state gas tax to maintain roads. At a January press conference, Multnomah County leaders asked the state legislature for millions of dollars to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County’s homeless budget shortfall is a bit lower than last month’s prediction — but still a significant amount of money. Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega ...

Republicans in the Oregon Legislature introduced a bill Tuesday, March 18, that would repeal the map showing the wildfire risk for every tax lot in the state, a map that critics, including Baker ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB The news of a $104 million deficit in Multnomah County’s homeless services budget shocked fellow metro-area government leaders last month. While that number has been ...

The data delivered new information — both high and low — about Oregon cities. After a decade of growth, Multnomah County saw an exodus of residents following the COVID-19 pandemic: a 3% ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously today to send $15 million to the city of Portland to fight homelessness. The money would come from the Metro regional government’s ...

Oregon’s largest county — population-wise — has yet to reach the numbers seen in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates show there were 816,321 Multnomah County residents in ...