Murmurs: DeWitt’s Booker Ambitions, Bonamici's Cash Advantage and Allen’s Dirt

Better than tax advice from the pizza guy.

Murmurs State Sen. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Beaverton) enters the stretch run for the Nov. 8 Democratic primary to replace U.S. Rep. David Wu with a big cash advantage over her opponents. The latest reports sho   More

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Contracts, Appointments and no Friend of Oregon

News sharper than Rick Perry’s punchlines.

Murmurs Powell’s Books and its union employees have a new 18-month contract, the shortest term the beloved bookseller has ever signed with the decade-old International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local   More

 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Bring those Bags, Brent Barton!

Oh, Blazers! Where shall I go? What shall I do?

Murmurs Former State Rep. Brent Barton (D-Clackamas) has moved out of his old legislative district so he can run for the seat being vacated by former House Speaker Dave Hunt (D-Gladstone), who’s running    More

 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Condoleezza's Speaking Fee and Illegal Wastewater Dumping

News that’s still in the running for the Heisman.

Murmurs Want to send your angry liberal friends the ultimate ironic gift? It’ll cost you at least $5,000. That’s the minimum donation necessary to get a personal photo op with former Secretary of State    More

 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Raising Funds, Chickens and Rent

We’ve never been near Glen Rice or an oil drum.

Murmurs Two City Council candidates who are also state lawmakers face pressure to get their fundraising done before the May 2012 primary. State Rep. Mary Nolan is running for City Council and Rep. Jefferson   More

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Jefferson Smith Throws in Hat, High Schooler Builds App, GOP Coffers are Fat

Making a pivot to our jobs every week.

Murmurs Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) said Tuesday he will run for mayor of Portland against former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and businesswoman  Eileen Brady. Smith, 38, is a founder of t   More

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Maybe Mayors, Man Booker and the City Dole

No anniversaries here.

Murmurs Two prominent lawmakers are close to major career moves: Two-term state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) spent the weekend at the coast with his wife to arrive at a decision whether to enter t   More

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

Murmurs: Pot 'n' Poultry

All the News We Have When We Hit ‘Print’.

Murmurs The man behind pdxmugshots.com—a site that posts booking photos and charges their subjects $39 to remove them—has identified himself. Portlander Kyle Ritter, 35, also runs pdxbars.com and previous   More

 

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

It’s Still August. We’re Still Here.

Murmurs Former state legislator and Metro Council Chairman Mike Burton has lawyered up to fight any charges he broke state ethics laws by taking a $4,500, 11-day European trip last year while a vice provost   More

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 WW Editorial Staff

The Cause of Michele Bachmann’s Migraines.

Murmurs He’s not up for re-election until 2016, but U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) held a big-ticket fundraiser on Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C. The lunchtime event asked $2,500 from “co-hosts” and $5,000    More

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 WW Editorial Staff