Winners & Losers WINNERSCoincidence? Yeah, right. Weeks before Portland voters consider a measure that would require independent experts to judge claims against the Portland Fire and Police Disability Retirement Fund, ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSTalk about free advertising just before next month's election: Backers of measures to limit legislators' terms and to reform campaign finance got a gift from The Oregonian's Hawaii-gate series ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSThink Teddy K is vulnerable? So does the national Republican Governors Association, which showed its love for GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron Saxton over the weekend by dropping off a half-mill ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSTrue, moronic calls from the refs helped Oregon swipe a last-minute 34-33 miracle win on the football field Saturday against traditional powerhouse Oklahoma. But luck trumping skill didn't faze ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSA 51-year-old ER nurse proved that the right to bear arms is indeed irrelevant...if you have a frickin' bear's arms. Susan Kuhnhausen, who The Oregonian reported was about 5-foot-7 and 260 poun ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSGreat news for a state that cannot fund its schools or basic social services. Thanks to Oregon's "kicker" law, which regurgitates income taxes when receipts exceed forecasts by more than 2 perc ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSLast week's National Association of Realtors report indicates a slowing housing market: good news for members of the Portland slacker class looking to find a cheap address for band practice.Und ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSSadistic trappers may soon enjoy a total open season. If an Oregon advisory board gets its way with proposed new rules for killing nuisance animals, it would be legit to dispatch raccoons and p ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSFrom the department of "sometimes it's better to be lucky than good,'' comes a gift for Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Independent state Sen. Ben Westlund's decision to halt his bid for governor leaves d ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSTake heart, Wal-Mart foes, and let Portland suburbanites show you the way. Opponents of the mega-store notched a win Monday in Beaverton when the City Council rejected the big-box planned for t ...   More