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• Despite safety from deep budget cuts, fire departments struggle to provide mental health services.
Although Portland Street Response isn’t the cause of the ballooning overtime and retirement costs that are straining the Portland Fire Department’s budget, PF&R leaders are making a 3% cut in the mental health task force’s budget to make up for funding shortfalls. We hope to reduce this by nearly 1/2.
• Pop Quiz PDX!
This week’s trivia includes: What’s scarier than an expired license plate, the world’s best (Oregon) boss, and someone who takes on Gonzalez? 😱 See what your score is Let’s look at!
• Portland’s bicycling numbers are finally picking up. What now?
Good news. Bicycle ridership in Portland increased by nearly 5% in 2023 from the previous year. But if you want to return to the city’s cycling glory days, there’s still plenty to do.
• Mercury‘s 2024 Portland Jazz Festival Picks
We highlight veteran musical talent, Portland’s own great scene, and some new artists leading jazz into a promising future. Mercury‘s selection for the 2024 Portland Jazz Festival.
• Trash report
Let’s go, trash pandas! It’s time for the stinkiest gossip of the week, including the Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, a cheeky rant about Biden, and nothing but good things about Beyoncé.
• “It’s finished. Please pay the bill!”
Looking for the best restaurants and bars around town (to let your sweetheart know you’re done)? Andrea Damwood has the ultimate list of perfect breakup spots in Portland.
• Secretary Rubio faces backlash over proposal to support Portland street efforts with clean energy funds
Critics say Mr. Rubio’s proposal to support Portland Street Response with $3 million in clean energy funds may be a boon to his political career, but it will They argue that it is not in the best interest of the initiative.
• Listen in Portland
This week, great Portland-related music competes for space in our brains. Kingsley headlines Black History Month event Blacker the Belly, The Decemberists unpack new song, and who’s the celebrity hairstylist in Mal London’s new video?
• North Portland Jazz Club The 1905 announces reopening plans.
Three months after the venue closed, it looks like famed jazz club The 1905 may soon reopen under new management.
•Savage love
She is perverted and poly. He is vanilla and monogamous. Can this relationship be saved? Dan Savage delivers the verdict!
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