Sophie Peel

A frosty public meeting between city officials and Trail Blazers executives on Thursday offered little in the way of progress toward a Moda Center renovation deal that would guarantee the team stays in Portland. Blazers reps told the Portland City Council... See more

Zenith Terminals LLC today filed a federal lawsuit alleging the city of Portland has unreasonably delayed approving the transfer of Zenith’s franchise agreement with the city to a purchaser of the terminal. Zenith operates a 1.5 million-barrel, 39-acre te... See more

The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hiring some 400 police officers has failed the first level of signature verification necessary to place it on the November ballot. The campaign behind the initiative, Safe... See more

Two longtime food cart pods in downtown Portland will close later this year after the development company that operates them says the city’s new regulations around waste disposal are unreasonably onerous. The two pods, operated on parking lots owned by th... See more

Secretary of State Tobias Read sent a letter to the Portland city auditor on Tuesday demanding greater rigor after backers of a controversial initiative petition leveled a bevy of allegations against the city over its signature verification process. “What... See more