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The $2.5 Billion Bribe

Oregon’s Supreme Court says light-rail politics drove plans for a new I-5 bridge.


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The Oregon Supreme Court has succeeded in doing what scores of public meetings, thousands of pages of reports...   More
 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

No Such Thing As Free Coffee

Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.


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For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month.  Legislators are wrestling with health-care...   More
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Whiffs of Trouble

A fertilizer plant comes under criminal investigation after repeated ammonia leaks.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation into a large leak of ammonia from a Columbia County fertilizer plant in 2010 that went undetected for five days. Re   More
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 BRENT WALTH

Fecal Matters

Transplanting someone else's poo into your body is gaining medical acceptance.


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Most teenage boys make money the old-fashioned way. They mow lawns, wash cars or flip burgers. But one 13-year-old in Portland is the envy of his friends for the way he makes his money. He gets $50    More
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

“G-ing” in the Spotlight

Grant High students speak out about the locker-room assaults.


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For the past four weeks, Grant High School in Northeast Portland has been under a cloud of scrutiny and shame. Four of its students face criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting two of th   More
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 HANNAH HOFFMAN

Gravy Train

Union Pacific has billions in profits. So why is Oregon subsidizing the rail giant?


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When it comes to shipping companies, few are bigger than Union Pacific. The rail giant controls 32,000 miles of track across most of the Western U.S. Last year, the company had profits of $3.3 bil   More
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 KARA WILBECK

Still Big, Still Costly

CRC backers claim the $3.5 billion project is “downsizing.” That’s not true—not even close.


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Backers of the proposed $3.5 billion freeway bridge across the Columbia River say they’ve gotten the message: The project is too big and expensive. That’s why Gov. John Kitzhaber’s chief   More
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Budget Bud

Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed.


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In Oregon, we have high precipitation, high unemployment and very high standards for coffee. But the cost of getting high? That’s low. The price of marijuana is lower in Oregon than in any o   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG

Yes, We Have No Tomatoes

Portland’s indoor gardening shops sell all you need for homegrown medical weed—except advice.


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Michael Johnson entered the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program two years ago, decades after he quit smoking pot recreationally, to help cope with a debilitating back injury. The 55-year-old reside   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Better Toking Through Chemistry

Should you take Sour Diesel or Purple Kush for nausea? Science has the answer.


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For recreational users, the only criterion for picking a strain of cannabis is the character of the high they want to get.  But for the medical user, the choice of strain can be vitally importa   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ROBERT HAM
 

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