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

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 ...

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

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

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

She emerged as a compromise candidate after multiple tie votes between Councilors Candace Avalos and Olivia Clark – offering Portlanders their first window into the city's new legislative branch ...

Candace Avalos in east Portland’s District 1, Olivia Clark in west Portland’s District 4 and Elana Pirtle-Guiney in Northeast Portland’s District 2 each garnered an almost equal share of the ...

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

That is what I feel like I have built my entire political career on, and I'm here to fight for them," said Councilor Candace Avalos from District 1. For the first time in more than 100 years ...

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 ...

Portland's new elected officials entered City Hall's council chambers Thursday for their first official gathering as Portland's legislative body. Launching the city's new form of government, ...