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Ex-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt
says he’s been ripped off to the tune of $601,599—the amount he and his
wife, Diana, claim in a lawsuit they invested with Arkansas-based
Voyager Financial Group. Th
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Oregon Zoo officials are trying to explain away their misleading and false statements
after the embarrassing news the zoo’s new baby elephant actually
belongs to a California traveling elephant
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What can you say about a once-promising politician who lost? That he showed, even in a crushing defeat, Portland’s east-west divide still persists. State Rep. Jefferson Smith
(D-East Portland) say
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A familiar local voice will soon be reporting from the escalating conflict between Israel and Gaza. Emily Harris, the former host of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s morning talk show Think Out Loud, ha
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Former progressive talk-radio host Carl Wolfson says he’s been busy meeting with potential backers to return him to the airwaves since KPOJ-AM 620
switched to an all-sports format Nov. 9. “I wou
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The founder of HemCon Medical Technologies,
the bankrupt Portland-based medical bandage company, wasn’t happy to
see a blistering letter from one of his investors, divorce lawyer Jody Stahancyk,
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After 29 years, Jack Ohman has drawn his last editorial cartoon for The Oregonian.
Ohman—winner of virtually every major award for political cartooning
and a Pulitzer Prize finalist this year—
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Self-imposed
campaign spending limits are often little more than a publicity stunt
for candidates, but they can turn out to be a headache. City
Commissioner Amanda Fritz raised her contribution
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Last week, Murmurs quoted Ron Murray, a founder of Oregon Dog PAC—a political action committee aimed at starting a no-kill shelter—as saying the Multnomah County animal shelter
euthanizes 64 per
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Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales was awash in money from developers during the May primary race—almost one-quarter of his cash came from development- and real estate-related donors.
After he won, H
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