Winners & Losers WINNERSHundreds of would-be Multnomah County jail inmates can rest easy-for a few months, at least. The county budget passed last week punts the issue of paying for more jail beds until next winter, m ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSBlazers ex-coach Maurice Cheeks earned a well-deserved last laugh on Portland's beleaguered hoops squad by landing his dream job: He'll be returning to his beloved Philadelphia 76ers. The Blaze ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSWith an Oregonian poll showing Mayor Tom Potter's approval rating (71 percent) towering at near-Laura Bush heights, Hizzoner's honeymoon continues. Now if he could only loan some of his public ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSInvestors in the Whizzinator couldn't pay for the free publicity they got thanks to the bust of ex-Oregon Duck footballer Onterrio Smith. Smith, however, won't be offering any testimonials for ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSPay-day loan sharks, bankruptcy attorneys and marriage counselors are gonna be in the velvet sooner than they thought-the state says video slots, hotly anticipated by Oregon's most abject gambl ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSReal-estate wheeler-dealers-architects, brokers, construction companies-may have pre-ordered years' worth of Dom Perignon at news that the Goodman family of parking-lot moguls wants to lease mu ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSChalk one up for The Man! Spurning a challenge from defense attorneys (some sort of "Constitution" mumbo-jumbo), a judge ruled that cops can continue banning druggies and dealers from Portland' ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSNike's spin-meisters earned their ducats last week. The Swoosh leaked a report listing all its worldwide contractors to The Oregonian-in exchange for a promise that the newspaper would limit it ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSBike lovers, hybrid owners and other eco-friendly do-gooders hoisted their Clif Bars with glee as gas prices became more bloated than the average Saudi prince's bankroll. In Portland, the avera ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSPortland's Roman Catholics may have plunged into mourning at the death of Pope John Paul II. But parishioners of the embattled local archdiocese, which declared bankruptcy amid a wave of child- ...   More