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Initiatives sponsored by Portland Police Association to hire more officers and overhaul a new police oversight board won’t be on the ballot.

At a moment of crisis, two competitive races will decide the direction of Multnomah County, Oregon’s most populous.

One of the potential initiatives would undo features of the police accountability measure voters approved in 2020.

The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council saw three of its four endorsed candidates win in Washington’s Nov. 7 election.

Russell Brent, a candidate for Port of Vancouver commissioner, made a big blunder with a tiny logo.

Washington's Nov. 7 general election covers local races for school board, city council, and special districts.

Housing Bureau employee Chris Flanary, a member of AFSCME Local 189, is one of the first to file for the all-new Portland City Council.

Mayor Ted Wheeler had second thoughts about his own budget proposal. City unions say his last-minute changes will lead to layoffs.

County commissioners voted Feb. 21 to end a decades-long relationship with MetroWest and go with American Medical Response starting July 1.

Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt says he’s ready to prosecute employers who commit wage theft. Oregon Nurses Association has one in mind.

The voter-approved measure promised to pay workers at least 180% of the state’s minimum wage. So why does a new amendment weaken the wage standards?

A Multnomah County Commissioner took it very badly when county workers union AFSCME Local 88 backed her opponent.

If Portland wants 4-minute response times, it will need more fire bureau staff, according to a recent report.

Fire Fighters Local 43 says the audit is narrow in focus, uses four-year-old data and ignores progress that has been made since then.

This union-focused ballot guide for Southwest Washington keeps it simple: It only lists candidates who have at least one union endorsement.

Tenants rights advocates are petitioning for a Multnomah County initiative to provide free legal representation for tenants facing eviction.

Half the unions that backed Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council four years ago are now endorsing her challenger, Vadim Mozyrsky.

In the race for the top Multnomah County elected seat, all eyes are on the most visible crisis facing the county: homelessness.

Unions are backing Shull's recall for disparaging remarks about Muslims and immigrants, likening vaccine mandates to the Holocaust and more.

The council, which represents 27 construction union locals and about 20,000 Portland-area union members, voted on the endorsement Feb. 22.