PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There’s a new Portland metro project focused on keeping people safe from unhealthy and sometimes deadly heat. Officials now have a heat mapping tool to help them make decisions ...

For more than 100 years, all the members of Portland’s City Council have been elected citywide. That is about to change, after voters passed a major overhaul to the city charter last November. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — During last fall’s local elections, Portlanders voted to change the city’s form of government, and along with that change came new voting districts. On Wednesday, the city’s ...

Portland is months away from a historic makeover: By September, the city will have a new political map that divides the city into four districts, setting the stage for the 2024 election where voters ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — When Portlanders endorsed an overhaul of the city's form of government in November, they knew they were voting to divide the city into four electoral districts, but they didn't yet ...

The city of Portland took a small yet significant step this week toward reshaping the city’s new form of government and election system, as approved by voters last fall. Members of the citizen-led ...