Murmurs State Department background checkers recently vetted Mary Ellen Glynn, a former spokeswoman for the department (and after that, Gov. Ted Kulongoski). Glynn accompanied Secretary of State Clinton to ...   More

Murmurs Dog bites man. Man files tort notice: A Northeast Portland man has filed notice he intends to sue the city after he was bitten by a Portland police dog. Jacob Krein was driving home Jan. 21 after cele ...   More

Murmurs Former Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth has gone the way of many retired cops (think what Bunny Colvin hoped to do at Johns Hopkins on The Wire) and taken a plum job with Portland Community Coll ...   More

Murmurs There’s disappointment inside the Portland Police Bureau over a decision from the chief’s office to send just two honor guard officers to the March 27 funeral of four Oakland cops killed i ...   More

Murmurs Bernie’s back! Former Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto filed March 19 at the last minute to run in the May election for a spot on the Multnomah Educational Service District board. And ...   More

Murmurs Attorney General John Kroger’s investigation into the sexual relationship between Mayor Sam Adams and former legislative intern Beau Breedlove appears to be winding down. Four investigators ...   More

Murmurs One of Portland’s best-known religious leaders owes the IRS big money. A federal tax lien filed late last month shows former Rabbi Emanuel Rose and his wife, Lorraine, a real-estate agent, owe t ...   More

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Murmurs • Where’s Mayor Sam Adams? A big part of the mayor’s job is representing the city at official and ceremonial functions. But as previously reported on WWire, Oregon’s two U.S ...   More

Murmurs • As first reported Feb. 13 on WWire, Nate Waas Shull, Mayor Sam Adams’ Education Strategies youth coordinator, has become the third Adams staffer to jump ship. The departure comes after Ad ...   More