On Feb. 2, the Oregon legislature will begin its 2026 short session. Lasting only five weeks, legislators will have limited time to conduct business, though several major issues have emerged [...]
It has been an exciting year for Portland politics, and we’ve had so many PROTEC17 members volunteer their time over the last several months to interview political candidates for [...]
This fall, Portland voters will elect an entirely new City Council, and PROTEC17 member Sarah Silkie is a candidate for one of the new council seats. Back in November 2022, [...]
With the change in governance structure approved by voters in 2022, there will be 12 new district-based seats up for election in November of 2024. This represents a historic opportunity [...]
While the Oregon legislative session is slated to end on June 25, the legislature - at the time of this writing - has been unable to pass bills for over [...]