Murmurs  Did City Commissioner Amanda Fritz violate her campaign-contribution limits? Fritz has based her political career on her independence from undue influence. In her re-election campaign, she   More

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Murmurs Companies on the hook for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund site are facing civil penalties. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the companies used “incorrect or misleading inf   More

Letters to the Editor My children have finished school and college, but I would not be happy with young children being exposed to Wi-Fi in the classroom [“Wireless Waste,” WW, June 20, 2012]. I use a mobile [ph   More

Murmurs Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales shook up the Portland mayor’s race against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) by announcing June 21 he would limit contributors to $600 and not accept out-o   More

Letters to the Editor This article is shameless propaganda [“Fisherman’s Wrath,” WW, June 13, 2012]. First, the proposed ban on gill nets has nothing to do with a social attack on blue-collar workers; it is an en   More

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

Letters to the Editor I have known John [Kroger] since we both arrived at Lewis & Clark, and he is my friend [see “The Smartest Guy in the Room,” WW, June 6, 2012]. We often don’t see eye to eye on politics, an   More

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

Letters to the Editor When I was considering moving to Portland from the East Coast in 1997, I quickly realized Portland had the best public transportation system west of Chicago. It still does [“TriMet Life,” WW,    More