One proposed ballot measure would raise the hourly minimum wage — currently $10.85 — to $13 in 2025, $14 in 2026 and $15 in 2027.

While proposals from two commissioners to alter the new form of government approved by voters last year were premature, Portlanders should recognize that building a better government may take adjustments and revisions to the original ballot measure, the editorial board writes.

Portland City Council members will consider next week whether to place three separate measures on a November ballot. Each of the proposals, discussed Tuesday at a work session, would alter voter-approved changes to the city’s form of government.

A group of business, philanthropic and political leaders have given up on the idea of trying to get Arizonans to adopt a system of ranked-choice voting.

Despite headlines over the past several months showing why campaign contribution limits are so critical, legislators have been unable to pass a bill with robust, fair caps, the editorial board writes. Legislators need to focus on such a bill for the February short session, or voters will have to do it for them.

This year’s 160-day Oregon legislative session featured a 42-day walkout by conservative senators, all Republican except our own Brian Boquist, a longtime Republican ...

Supporters of an initiative to create nonpartisan open primaries and establish ranked-choice voting announced Monday they intend to sue Attorney General Raúl Labrador over his ballot titles for the initiative.

Efforts to change Oregon’s voting system are on the move in the state Legislature and among citizen groups.

The 2024 campaign has begun for a constitutional amendment that would change the state’s primary election of 2026.

The group gave more than $131,000 to the largest committee opposing the Measure 26-228 between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7, constituting nearly 40% of the total $332,000 the committee raised.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice protests that gripped the city in 2020.

A measure on the November ballot that would radically transform Portland city government would install a City Council structure unused by any city in the nation, make it harder to hold City Council members accountable and open the door for fringe candidates to win a seat, the editorial board writes. Voters should vote no on Measure 26-228 and look to an alternative from Commissioner Mingus Mapps next year.

The political campaign promoting a contested ballot measure to change Portland’s form of government and election system continues to draw big bucks from a small cluster of non-profit advocacy groups and wealthy backers.

The political campaign promoting a contested ballot measure to change Portland’s form of government and election system continues to draw big bucks from a small cluster of non-profit advocacy groups and wealthy backers.

Nearly two-thirds of likely Portland voters say they’ll back a contested ballot measure this fall to radically reshape the city’s form of government and election system, according to a new poll commissioned by the metro area’s most influential business organization and several industry groups.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- People Not Politicians announced Wednesday that they have filed with the Oregon Secretary of State a proposed initiative petition for the November 2024 ballot to reform what it calls "Oregon’s dysfunctional and partisan redistricting process, and to replace it with an independent citizens’ commission for fair representation." Here's the rest of the

Betsy Johnson paid a Washington-based signature gathering firm more than $200,000 to collect signatures for her campaign.

Multnomah Circuit Court Judge Stephen Bushong disclosed the self-imposed deadline Thursday during a hearing on a lawsuit filed by the Portland Business Alliance.

The Portland Charter Commission aims to bring city in line with how other major U.S. cities do local governance.

The rising cost of paying people to gather signatures is a challenge.

Oregonians won’t get the chance to vote on whether to decriminalize sex work this year.

By far the biggest financial firepower is lined up behind a proposal that would bar lawmakers who miss 10 or more floor sessions without permission from serving in the Legislature the next term.