Portland, Oregon, delays vote to cut $18M more from police
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - City councilors in Oregon's largest city have delayed a vote on an additional $18 million in cuts to the Portland police budget until after next week's presidential election amid...
View ArticleTed Wheeler, Portland mayor, warns of 'white supremacist' violence in city...
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler drew eye-rolls Monday when he warned of the likelihood of post-election violence by "white supremacist" groups in a city that has been roiled since May by left-wing Antifa...
View ArticleTed Wheeler, Portland mayor, declares victory over Sarah Iannarone
PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, declared victory Wednesday after a bruising campaign that sandwiched him between a tough challenger to his political left and anger from moderate voters...
View ArticlePortland, Oregon, mayor declares win after tight contest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, declared victory Wednesday after a bruising campaign that sandwiched him between a tough challenger to his political left and anger from moderate...
View ArticlePortland mayor vows to hold vandalizers accountable
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler promised to hold violent demonstrators accountable in a press conference hosted after two straight days of vandalization and clashes with police....
View ArticleTed Wheeler, Portland mayor, pepper-sprays man outside restaurant
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening, according to a police report.Wheeler and Sam...
View ArticleReport: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man who confronted him
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening, according to a police report.Wheeler and...
View ArticleMan pepper-sprayed by Portland mayor lawyer, heir to dairy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police on Tuesday identified a man who was pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler as a partner at a law firm who also tried to obtain surveillance footage of the mayor in a...
View ArticleLawyer pepper-sprayed by Portland mayor apologizes
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A lawyer who Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler hit with pepper spray after the man aggressively confronted him on Sunday has released a statement expressing remorse. “I am remorseful for...
View ArticlePortland mayor seeks $2 million to stem rampant gun violence
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, announced Thursday he would seek $2 million in one-time funding for police, other agencies and outreach programs to try to stem rampant gun violence...
View ArticlePortland leaders condemn ongoing violence by 'anarchists'
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by “anarchists” as destructive protests...
View ArticleMayor wants ex-police union head to tell whole truth now
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is not content to let an investigation into the former president of the city’s police union proceed with the usual due process afforded to rank-and-file...
View ArticlePortland mayor slows $2M plan to bring back police team
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said last week he’d move quickly to seek $2 million to bring back a uniformed police patrol team to address a significant gun violence increase. But...
View ArticlePortland police union welcomes probe into potential faults
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland police union’s often combative leader is striking a more conciliatory tone ahead of two investigations that could further batter the city’s police bureau. Daryl...
View ArticleMayor extends state of emergency, asks for public's help
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland’s mayor and acting police chief are urging the public to safely stand up to the black bloc group of demonstrators who continue to plan “direct actions” around the city...
View ArticleFBI, cops investigating death threat against Portland mayor
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The FBI says it’s helping the Portland Police Bureau in an investigation into a video posted on social media that includes a threat of violence against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler...
View ArticleFBI investigating alleged Antifa threat against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler:...
Portland, Oregon, police and the FBI are investigating a threatening video posted by a purported Antifa sympathizer against Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a media report Friday.The two-minute video...
View ArticlePeter Kirsanow blasts Portland's 'discriminatory' plan to give $2 million to...
U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow on Tuesday urged Portland to reconsider its decision to funnel millions in stimulus funding to “artists of color,” warning that distributing federal...
View ArticleTed Wheeler, Portland mayor: Keeping police away from protest a mistake
PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly three weeks after armed far-right and far-left protesters violently clashed in the streets of a diverse neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, the city's mayor said Wednesday the...
View ArticlePortland mayor wants Oregon governor to declare statewide emergency on...
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler introduced a plan that would move the city’s large homeless population into three campsites while banning camping elsewhere throughout the city.The three campsites would...
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