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

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 first president during an ...

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 ...

Portland's new form of government is looking into the state of the city's homelessness crisis as the Sunderland RV Safe Park ...

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.

Then they couldn’t reach a majority in the second vote. Eventually, they elected Elana Pirtle-Guiney as council president and Tiffany Koyama Lane as vice president. "I hope we build the trust of ...