News The good vibes from election night have carried over into Portland budget relief the next day.
Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen today announced a deal with Portland Mayor Sam Adams to help fund Sellwood Bridge rebuilding and eight SUN schools. The agreement, worth $18.7 million in saved city expenses, will offset the costs to the city from the new ...   More

News The next Portland mayor wakes up this morning in charge of a City Hall filled with potholes. The city’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over police mistreatment of the mentally    More

News A race for Portland mayor that once looked like it could be a closely fought competition turned out to be a blowout.Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales successfully completed his political comeback Tuesday by winning the job of mayor, crushing his fall opponent, Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland).

In early returns, Hales leads Smith 62 percent to 30 percent. And 8 perce...   More

News Voters have shown their willingness to support higher property taxes for books and an income tax for arts.A ballot measure to create a Multnomah County Library taxing district leads 61 percent to 39 percent, according to early returns.The creation of a permanent revenue stream for the Multnomah County Library will raise many property tax bills. It also means Portland city budget wonks will be ner...   More

News Before the line of well-wishers began giving him hugs, before any results were announced, Portland Mayor-elect Charlie Hales had scheduled a meeting with outgoing Mayor Sam Adams.

"I'll be meeting with the mayor tomorrow at 1:30," Hales told WW shortly before 8 pm at his election-night party at Holocene.

Minutes later, the first wave of election results showing...   More

News This week's WW cover story—on Stimson Lumber CEO Andrew Miller bankrolling Republicans in Clackamas County and Oregon legislative races—notes that Miller's favorite legislative candidate is Manuel Casta...   More

News  The Clackamas County elections office is embroiled in another controversy tonight after West Linn Police stopped two canvassers for Oregon House Democrats from collecting ballots door-to-door.
The canvassers were not arrested, but the officers made them return the one ballot they had collected, according to both West Linn Police and the House Democrats.
A West Linn polic...   More

News Political cartoonist Jack Ohman, who took a buyout from The Oregonian on Monday, is going to the Sacramento Bee. Ohman has drawn cartoons for The O for 29 years and was a Pulitzer finalist last year. Ohman has said    More

News This has to be the least-anticipated opening night in the last decade for the Portland Trail Blazers. Even the interesting questions—is Damian Lillard the point guard of the future? Is Lamarcus Aldridge worth max money? Will Nicolas Batum cock-punch anybody?—are...   More

Cover Story The rumble of raw logs bouncing through the sawmill’s machinery sounds like giants rolling strikes in a bowling alley. A metal lever thrusts...   More