News
The Oregon Employment Department's latest breakdown today of unemployment numbers last month by county remains bleak.
Here are some of the lowlights from the state's overall 12.2... More
New County-By County Unemployment Numbers For Oregon
News
The Oregon Employment Department's latest breakdown today of unemployment numbers last month by county remains bleak.
Here are some of the lowlights from the state's overall 12.2... More
Lukewarm Reception
Oregon’s upcoming ban on hand-held cell phones while driving might not live up to all its promises.
News In the next several weeks, Gov. Ted Kulongoski is expected to sign a bill that would make Oregon the sixth state to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Starting Jan. 1, violators of t ... More
And So It Begins: Paperwork Filed To Try Recalling Mayor Sam Adams (UPDATED with signature sheets OK'd for circulation)
News
Aiming to pull off the first successful recall in Portland since 1952, the group trying to recall Mayor Sam Adams filed its paperwork (PDF) to... More
Maybe You Should Ignore That Tap On Your Shoulder
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Here's a little alcohol-buying factoid: the penalty in Oregon for buying beer for someone who's underage can be as much as a year in jail and $6,000-plus in fines
That tidbit comes courtesy of the drug and alcohol awareness More
On The Street, What Some Portlanders Think About John Kroger's Report On Sam Adams
News After Attorney General John Kroger released his report yesterday on Mayor Sam Adams, we went out to ask a few Portlanders what they made of the report and Adams' actions with Beau Breedlove. Here's what the people we spoke with had to say:
Niko Kerhulas ... More
Online Voter Registration Passed by State Senate
News A measure that would allow online voter registration in Oregon has passed the state Senate.
The measure, House Bill 2386, was approved Monday by the Senate and has already been approved by the House. But it must now return to the House for approval of several small amendments.
Henry Kraemer, political coordinator of the Oregon Bus Pro... More
The Local Fallout From The Iran Crisis
News
There's a large group of Portlanders following the turmoil in Iran with more interest than most.
On Friday night, between 250 and 300 people from the local Iranian community gathered outside Portland State University's Millar library for a vigil to show soli... More
Former Basic Rights Oregon Head Roey Thorpe's New Job
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According to The Lund Report, former Basic Rights Oregon boss Roey Thorpe has been chosen to be the next ... More
Baby-Face Politics
A grisly slaying gives new life to an old idea—criminalizing the killing of a fetus.
News The recent slaying of Heather Snively and her 8-month-old fetus reignited a hot-button political issue that’s popped up here and all over America after similar tragedies. Should Korena Roberts, ... More
Top Articles from Aaron Mendelson
Viral Transmission
A Portland man’s website lists people who others say have stds. Community Chest
How a century-old building near the Broadway Bridge is changing the way Portland works. A Shot And A Leer
WW talks with the man who founded the newspaper of police mug shots. Baby-Face Politics
A grisly slaying gives new life to an old idea—criminalizing the killing of a fetus. Lukewarm Reception
Oregon’s upcoming ban on hand-held cell phones while driving might not live up to all its promises.
A Portland man’s website lists people who others say have stds. Community Chest
How a century-old building near the Broadway Bridge is changing the way Portland works. A Shot And A Leer
WW talks with the man who founded the newspaper of police mug shots. Baby-Face Politics
A grisly slaying gives new life to an old idea—criminalizing the killing of a fetus. Lukewarm Reception
Oregon’s upcoming ban on hand-held cell phones while driving might not live up to all its promises.
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