The number trends downward as service providers and immigrant families increase efforts to keep people from entering shelters to begin with and longtime homeless are placed in permanent housing.

Robert Hains tells the council that he’ll ‘try to take up a new hobby,’ and says he’s looking forward to planning his vacations without meetings in mind.

The City Council updates an ordinance to make it easier for the market to change locations and hours of operation.

Some say the 7-acre Elks Lodge site, where the buyer wants to build offices, should be used for housing.

Some West End residents had asked the city to remove the sidewalk extension meant to slow traffic and increase safety.

As many as two dozen are dismantled for safety reasons, but advocates say it makes life harder for people who sleep outdoors.

The city’s biggest loss is a federal torture survivors grant, which paid for mental health counseling and case managers.