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Reelin’ In The Years

The state’s biggest teachers union believes in seniority— just not for its own employees.


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Becky Corkill got laid off May 15.  Corkill, 53, works for the Oregon Education Association, the state’s biggest teachers union. She drove from her Klamath Falls home to the OEA’s Portl   More
 
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Trying to Beat the Odds

Promoters of a private casino are betting they have a better story than in 2010.


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If insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result, the people behind a proposal to develop a private casino in Wood Village might seem a little crazy.  After all,    More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

A Blizzard of Hoaxes

Documents reveal details about white-powder mailings, and how they tie up government responders.


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The return address was listed 2413 NW Burnside St., Portland—a nonexistent location. The sender was “The MIB, LLC”—a nonexistent business. The more than 100 recipients, however, were rea   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 COREY PEIN

The 10-Year Engagement

President Obama has “evolved” to support gay marriage. Oregon isn’t there yet.


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Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years.  Bean, a Portland real-estate broke   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 AARON MESH

Stormy Meriwether

A lawsuit alleges construction defects at South Waterfront’s storied condo development.


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The charmed history of the first condominium project to rise in the South Waterfront district...   More
 
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Sleepless In Abu Dhabi

An Oregon Muslim says he was jailed and tortured in the United Arab Emirates for 106 days after refusing to turn informant.


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A Muslim man from Oregon says he was imprisoned and tortured for 106 days last year in the United Arab...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012 RACHEL GRAHAM CODY

Locking Up Oswego Lake

Lake Oswego’s city council has voted to bar park access to the public lake.


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All of Oregon’s navigable waterways are public, but some are more public than others. Or so it goes in Lake Oswego...   More
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

P Palace Pileup

How Tres Shannon’s fun center got shook up, shut down and evicted.


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Tres Shannon had big dreams for the Portland P Palace. Back in December, the Voodoo Doughnut co-founder gave WW a tour of the bar and fun center he was putting together in an old car dealership at 2   More
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 AARON MESH

Make the Pie Higher

So You Finally Made Some Money. Now What?


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You may not be Mitt Romney rich—using $100 bills to polish your solid-gold doorstops—but let’s say you’re finally at a point in your life where you’ve saved a little nest egg. What kind    More
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 PENELOPE BASS

1040 Blues

How to screw up your taxes. Or not.


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As someone once said, there are only two guarantees in life: death and screwing up your taxes. At least, that’s what I’ve been told. I’m a 29-year-old man who still sends his 1099 to his dad and   More
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER
 

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