Murmurs Usually a well-financed incumbent like senior U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) would only face token opposition. But with Dems playing defense after Republican Scott Brown’s upset victory last month ...   More

Murmurs Portland cycling advocates have correctly noted that building hundreds of additional miles of bike lanes over the next 20 years is cheap compared with other mega-transportation projects, such as the C ...   More

Murmurs Multnomah County wants to tax your smokes. During this month’s special legislative session, Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham) will introduce a bill at the county’s request that woul ...   More

Murmurs Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bill Bradbury rolled out a new big idea last week: a state-owned bank. His concept aims to keep Oregon dollars here supporting economic development programs rather tha ...   More

Murmurs Nobody slams public employees more than KXL’s Lars Larson. But until this week, Larson says he had “no idea” that Public Employees Retirement System members indirectly own his statio ...   More

Murmurs Water Bureau director David Shaff has been busy answering questions from Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Dan Saltzman about Commissioner Randy Leonard’s proposal that Water Bureau security guards ...   More

Murmurs The estate of a woman who died of pneumonia in the Multnomah County Detention Center after guards allegedly ignored her cries for help is suing the county for $1 million. Holly Jean Casey, a 36-year-o ...   More

Murmurs An arbitrator has decided the City of Portland violated its contract with Laborers’ International Union Local 483 in 2007. That’s when Portland’s Bureau of Transportation outsourced ...   More

Murmurs Former Gov. John Kitzhaberraked in big checks this week to lift his total to nearly $400,000 for next year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. But some observers point to ex-Kitzhaber aide Steve ...   More

Murmurs The second effort to recall Mayor Sam Adams has gone dark for the holidays, but campaign spokeswoman Avel Gordly tells Murmurs she is “very encouraged” at how many people have offered to v ...   More