🏛️ Multnomah County Commissioners voted to move forward with the $4 billion budget proposal put forward by Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, which includes department layoffs and service cuts, though amendments are likely before final approval. (The Oregonian)
🌲 Portland city councilors voted unanimously to stop Portland General Electric from cutting down hundreds of trees in Forest Park to expand transmission lines, overturning an earlier approval by a city hearings officer. (KGW)
⛪ Catholics in and around Portland celebrated the election of the church's first-ever American leader, Robert Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV. (OPB)
🥼 Casey Means — a physician, wellness influencer and President Trump's newest nominee for Surgeon General — previously trained at Oregon Health & Science University before dropping out of a surgical residency program. (The Oregonian)
