Why the County Chair Race Needs Your Attention. Plus, I-5 Carmageddon Starts Tonight, and Electricians Are Leaving Oregon
With a two-mile stretch of southbound I-5 shutting down tonight, a county chair race that could reshape Portland's entire social safety net, and union electricians quietly packing up for Idaho, a lot is happening in the city right now that deserves your attention. Host Claudia Meza digs into all of it with Oregonian City Hall reporter Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and Willamette Week reporter Garrett Andrews.
Discussed in today's episode:
Authorities try to avoid ‘carmageddon’ during 5-week closure of I-5 southbound [OPB]
Endorsement battle takes shape in race for Multnomah County chair [Oregonian]…
The skinny
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