Last January, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson took the helm of a city with a brand new form of government and a host of ongoing problems, including a growing homelessness and housing crisis, a stagnant ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon’s biggest city as it embraces an entirely new system of government — one that’s so different, ...

Mayor-elect Keith Wilson is a cheerful guy. Like, Fred Rogers cheerful: We wouldn’t be surprised if he started his first State of the City address by taking off his dress shoes and putting on a ...

Mayor Keith Wilson and city leaders are speaking out against reports of the tactics used by ICE agents during an arrest in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland’s new Mayor Keith Wilson ran on an ambitious platform, which included promises to end unsheltered homelessness within a year. Now a month into his tenure, Wilson is sitting ...

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A church off Southeast Powell Boulevard and 148th Avenue is Portland Mayor Keith Wilson's pick for the city's next overnight ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless ...

Eight years ago, a business-minded candidate ran for mayor of Portland and led with one audacious pledge: No one without a home would sleep outdoors in Oregon’s largest city by the end of 2018. Once ...

Rich Schlackman, a top Democratic Party campaign consultant out of Arizona who was key in the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in 2022, is creating an independent ...

“We have people suffering and dying on the street,” Wilson told OPB. “This is about taking action.” The shelters will be run by Transition Projects Inc. and CityTeam, two organizations that already ...

Former Forest Grove Police Officer Steven Teets, fired in 2021 for an off duty incident and convicted of criminal mischief, is asking a judge to set aside his a Court docs: Face tattooed suspect said ...