The city plans to better enforce a 20-minute limit on parking in the bricked park, where many businesses load and unload supplies.
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This clinic inside Portland’s homeless shelter is working to treat addiction
Greater Portland Health’s medication-assisted treatment program offers shelter guests access to Suboxone in an effort to treat addiction and reduce deadly overdoses.
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Portland to scrutinize businesses’ taxable equipment as city tries to increase revenue
For the first time in at least 50 years, a contractor hired by the city will send people door to door to determine what business property in the city is subject to taxes.
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Portland cuts ties with contractor on Congress Square redesign
The city and Gordon Contracting parted ways in October after they clashed over how to handle electrical wiring discovered under the construction site. The city says it hopes to restart construction this summer.
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Portland is now ticketing cars with expired registrations. People have noticed.
Since the new regulations went into effect on Nov. 15, the city has issued 1,567 tickets for unregistered vehicles, a violation previously left up to police to enforce.
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Portland lobbies state lawmakers for more General Assistance money
The city is trying to fill a $20.3 million gap in next year’s budget, and Mayor Mark Dion says General Assistance is a crucial part of that.
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Committee recommends spending grant money on Portland parks, social services
The City Council will ultimately decide how to divide $1.5 million in federal grants between several city and private community development projects.
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Could a revamped Franklin Street once again anchor a lively Portland neighborhood?
A plan to redesign the four-lane thoroughfare in Portland – a vestige of 1960s urban renewal – has been in the works for nearly two decades. It may finally be gaining momentum.
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Staffing shortages in Portland slow city’s trash, recycling pickup
Members of the city’s public works department, where 17 of 60 maintenance positions are unfilled, are working grueling overtime shifts to make up for the openings.
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Portland City Council votes 9-0 to approve new housing program for homeless
The plan to put homeless people directly into long-term housing was passed as a one-year pilot and will be put into action immediately. The council also voted unanimously to continue the expanded shelter capacity until June 3.