Murmurs: Top Local Planned Parenthood Official Out

Paying a headhunter to find a headhunter.

Murmurs The top official at Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette is out after 179 health-care workers fought for—and won—a union contract in a battle that brought unwanted publicity for the organization   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: New/Old Candidate for ATU President

Meet the new union boss, same as the old boss.

Murmurs A $400 million plan to reduce Interstate 5 congestion in the Rose Quarter has one surprising element: a freeway cover on I-5 at North Vancouver and Williams avenues. The lid—similar to the freeway   More

 

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: It’s Good to be the CEO

The job-creating power of school reform.

Murmurs Apparently Oregon school reform means paying big bucks to the top executive. Newly hired state Chief Education Officer Rudy Crew will make $280,000 annually under a three-year contract. Crew will get    More

 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: What Happens at the Heathman...

Occupy vs. Portland: The softball questions.

Murmurs Chris and Tom Maletis’ long-running effort to get their Langdon Farms Golf Club, located on I-5 just south of the Wilsonville, inside the urban-growth boundary took a dramatic turn May 25 when   More

 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Re-read Some Award-Winning WW Journalism

Big names—and money—behind university reform.

Murmurs Some powerful interests want to light a fire under lawmakers who are considering giving the seven campuses of the Oregon University System more autonomy. As first reported at wweek.com, five men, incl   More

 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Foodie Fisticuffs—The Lawsuit

A pig fight in court, and a watchdog ascends.

Murmurs What began two years ago as a passion-fueled street brawl involving two foodies and a foreign pig has moved to an only slightly more civilized venue: the county courthouse. WW first reported the por   More

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Earl the Tariff Cutter

Unexpected pickets at Planned Parenthood.

Murmurs A federal grand jury in San Diego last week indicted Yonas Fikre and two others for attempting to conceal the transfer of $75,000 from the United States to the United Arab Emirates in 2010. Fikre is t   More

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Gambling on a New Lottery Boss.

Murmurs The Oregon Lottery generates more than $500 million a year, most of it from video gambling machines in bars and taverns. Longtime Lottery Commission Chairman Steve Ungar is stepping down and Gov.    More

 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Somthing Rotten in Tomatogate

Have you been snared in an illegal speed trap?

Murmurs Former State Sen. Charlie Ringo (D-Beaverton) filed a class-action lawsuit April 3 in Multnomah County against the City of Portland, alleging the city has been improperly enforcing a temporary 35-   More

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Extra Mayoral With a Side of Pulitzer

Charlie Hales faces election complaint.

Murmurs An elections-law complaint against former City Commissioner Charlie Hales threatens his campaign for mayor. Portlander Seth Woolley, a Green Party activist, filed complaints late Tuesday with the    More

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 WW Editorial Staff