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 first president during an ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thursday was the very first City Council meeting under Portland’s new form of government and councilors voted on a president ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland's newly expanded city council convened for its first official meeting Thursday and elected Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney from District 3 to serve as council president.