In a historic day at Portland City Hall on Thursday, the 12 members of the newly expanded City Council elected Elana ...

Portland’s new 12-member City Council elected Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney to serve as the body’s president during its ...

Elana Pirtle-Guiney will serve as president of the freshly sworn-in 12-member Portland City Council. She was elected by a 7-5 ...

The council vote was initially split 6-6 between Candace Avalos and Olivia Clark. Pirtle-Guiney was floated as an alternative ...

Elana Pirtle-Guiney was elected to the role of Council President by the Portland City Council, allowing her to direct the ...

Thursday was the first ever meeting of Portland’s new, 12-member City Council. While all the eyes and headlines were on the ...

Portland’s brand-new city council elected its first leader Thursday in a vote that previewed the political dividing lines to come and just how complicated winning a majority might be in this new form ...

The sweeping makeover turns Portland’s day-to-day government operations over to a city administrator chosen by the mayor and ...

Portland's newly formed 12-member City Council, created under a restructured government system, faced challenges in its first meeting on Thursday, including tie votes for ...

courtney vaughn Other staff picks for incoming councilors include Jamey Evenstar (Duhamel), who will serve as Candace Avalos’ chief of staff in District 1. Evenstar was a policy director for ...