Murmurs Some Portland cops are crying nanny state after the Police Bureau recently “clarified” rules to cut sick-leave abuse. Cops must now call their sergeant to ask for sick leave rather than le ...   More

Murmurs A Multnomah County jury has found Del Monte Fresh Produce liable for unpaid wages to hundreds of employees who worked at the North Portland food-processing plant before a federal immigration raid in 2 ...   More

Murmurs Steve Shields, a former Hewlett Packard exec from Corvallis, is beavering away on a gubernatorial run in the Democratic primary next May. Shields has met with more than 70 political insiders and group ...   More

Murmurs Clackamas County Chairwoman Lynn Peterson is raising money and inching closer to an official announcement that she’ll enter the 2010 Democratic primary for governor. She’ll join a field t ...   More

Murmurs Church groups that have long fed dinner to hundreds of Portland’s homeless and working poor under the Burnside Bridge’s west end remain without a home. Construction on new Mercy Corps and ...   More

Murmurs Eric Pepin, a guru from Beaverton who helps students seek enlightenment through psychic powers, has settled a lawsuit by a former acolyte who says Pepin sexually molested him when he was 17 (see &ldqu ...   More

Murmurs Fight! Fight! Fight! Portland State University lobbyist Jesse Cornett, who narrowly lost an East Portland Senate race to Rod Monroe in 2006, says he’s all but decided to move into House District ...   More

Murmurs The group gathering signatures to refer two legislatively passed income-tax hikes to the January ballot—Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes—continues to rake in the cash. On Monday, the a ...   More

Murmurs Principals with Portland Public Schools have returned to their buildings to begin work for the upcoming school year. But Superintendent Carole Smith will remain at home for at least two more week ...   More

Murmurs Multnomah County government’s largest employee union has demanded that County Chair Ted Wheeler apologize to its members and rescind pay raises for two of his top staff after other County employ ...   More