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WHAT TO KNOW:
- Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, who defied a blue wave to become the first Republican elected to statewide office in 14 years, died of brain cancer Tuesday night.
- Oregon will become the only U.S. state to enact statewide rent control, as a 7-percent caps on rent increases speeds to the governor’s desk.
- Senate President Peter Courtney addressed the Capitol’s harassment scandal—saying that as a result of new workplace training, he now says “hello” and “goodbye.” A Republican senator called for Courtney’s censure and removal from leadership, setting off a volley of recriminations in the Capitol.
- “It is dark. There is more snow on the say. Please send help,” an Amtrak passenger broadcast during her 36-hour nightmare on a snowbound Oregon train.
- Amtrak passengers weren’t the only Oregonians stuck while traveling today. Most of the players on the Portland Trail Blazers were trapped for 30 minutes yesterday in a Boston elevator.
- After vendors at the Portland Saturday Market spoke out against the closure of four downtown MAX stations, TriMet says it is considering keeping one open on weekends.
- A Portland veteran sued Southwest Airlines after a confrontation over his emotional support dog. “I came pretty close to losing my cookies,” he says.
WHAT TO WATCH:
- Portlanders naturally get a bit anxious whenever a new show set in our backyard gets announced. But if the newest proposed series to use the city as a backdrop adheres to the source material, it’ll be the direct antithesis of Portlandia.
WHERE TO SHOP:
- With shoe store Imelda’s 25th anniversary approaching, WW spoke to its owner about Portland style, the secrets to maintaining a business and whether naming her store after a dictator’s shoe-obsessed wife ever caught her any flak.
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