News Attorney General John Kroger stuck very closely to script in a noon press conference about the investigation report [PDF] his office released this morning regarding the 2005 relationship between Mayor Sam Adams and Beau Breedlove. Kroger, a Democrat who won election in 2008, was very specific about what his investigators found during their five-month investigation: “insufficient evidence ...   More

News The following is a response from Mayor Sam Adams to the results of Attorney General John Kroger's report today. The Attorney General's office released the results of its five-month investigation today, clearing me of wrong-doing. I made mistakes in my personal life that led to this investigation. As a result, the city I love was put through an ordeal. I am gratified the investigation has ...   More

News We've just received the interview reports from Attorney General John Kroger's investigation into Mayor Sam Adams. While we're poring through them, you can too. They're all PDFs and the links are below. First, download a guide to the interviews here. Interviews number 1-10 are here. 11-20 are here. 21-30 are here. 31-40 are here. 41-50 are here. 51-60 are here. 61-70 are ...   More

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 Messenger "In this incidence I don't think he should be tossed out of office. But he has compromised himself." Willie Black Self-Employed "If ...   More

News Attorney General John Kroger today named a new chief of the Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Division. The new hire, Sean J. Riddell, is a prosecutor in the Multnomah County District Attorney's office. As WW reported earlier, Kroger shifted Steve Briggs, the former chief of the criminal justice division, during the five-month investigation of Portland Mayor Sam Adams. Riddell looks ...   More

News No futurific lung cancer for you, Oregon! Attorney General John Kroger announced today he's clamping down on untested, cyborg electronic cigarettes. “When products threaten the health and safety of Oregonians, we will take action,” said Deputy AG Mary Williams is quoted as saying in a news release from Kroger's relentless PR mill. According to that news release: The Oregon ...   More

News Attorney General John Kroger announced today he's continuing his already-declared war against electronic cigarettes. Oregon is the only state in the nation taking action against e-cigarette importers and retailers, according to a news release from the AG's office. Here's a copy of the news release announcing Kroger has settled with one e-cigarette company and is now suing another: Oregon ...   More

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News “I love being a public servant” Oregon Attorney General John Kroger drawled at Monday night's Oregon Book Awards ceremony, as he was picking up his award for Creative Nonfiction, “but what I really wanted to be growing up is a writer. It's a precious thing to have a book published.” Precious indeed, and, these days, a even more rare thing. Although Convictions, Kroger's ...   More

News Former Gov. John Kitzhaber picked up two large donations this week from prominent Oregonians in his bid to win the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial primary. As we reported last week, Kitzhaber has been collecting some big-bucks contributions of the $10,000-per-donor variety. This week, Kitzhaber recorded a $15,000 contribution from winemaker Eric Lemelson and another $5,000 from the political ...   More