The Weekly Catch Leaf Blowers Portland City Government to Transition Away from Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Rebecca Ellis in OPB News Portland Plans to Get Rid of City’s Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Starting in 2021 Everton Bailey Jr. in The Oregonian The Next Target in Portland’s War on Pollution? Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Nigel Jaquiss in Willamette Week Water Bureau Portland Approves $51 Million Design Contract for Controversial Water Filtration Plant Rebecca Ellis in OPB News Portland Approves $51 Million Contract to Design Water Treatment Plant Everton Bailey Jr. in The Oregonian Visitor Development Fund Portland Tourists Will Now Help Pay for Homeless Services Rebecca Ellis in OPB News Portland-Area Governments Inking Deal to Funnel Tourist Dollars to People on the Edge of Homelessness Aaron Mesh in Willamette Week PBOT Portland Adopts Sweeping Changes to Rules Regarding Bike Parking Rebecca Ellis in OPB News Portland Bureau of Transportation Unveils Map of 20 Roads Picked for Bus-Only “Rose Lanes” Sophie Peel in Willamette Week PPB The City of Portland Wants to Change the Way It Responds to 911 Calls. Public Safety Unions Are Hopping Mad. Nigel Jaquiss in Willamette Week Portland Police More Likely to Arrest, Search Black People Than White, Analysis Shows Noelle Crombie in The Oregonian In Other News Lacking Permit, Free Hot Soup Meals Persist in Director Park Zane Sparling in the Portland Tribune Portland Plan to Ban Facial Recognition Gets Eyes Around US Velena Jones in KOIN 6 News Portland Fire Chief Sara Boone Climbing Historic Ladders Everton Bailey Jr. in The Oregonian Putting South Portland on The Map Bill Gallagher in the Portland Tribune Artists Feel Chill at Milepost 5, An Affordable Housing Complex in East Portland Rachel Monahan in the Willamette Week Lime Teams with Disability Groups, Portland To Raise Awareness of Risks of Scooting on Sidewalks Andrew Theen in The Oregonian Portland Youth Activists Part of National Climate Strike Elise Haas and News Staff in Koin 6 News