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

Murmurs • Mayor Sam Adams’ office will stop hosting regular First Thursday celebrations at City Hall even though the monthly events were listed in the mayor’s “100-day plan,” a li ...   More

Murmurs • Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen and his board colleagues are lobbying Salem for the right to ask voters for local beer, wine and tobacco taxes, and even tolls on Willamette River bridg ...   More

Murmurs • Former Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey, who left office this month after being term-limited, has been hired as associate publisher for Portland-based El Hispanic News. That ...   More

Murmurs • The state Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of Martinez v. Kulongoski, the lawsuit challenging Measure 36. Oregon voters in 2004 approved the measure amending the state Constitution to d ...   More

Murmurs • Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain faces a labor complaint from Mari Anne Gest, a longtime political activist in Salem who filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint last month agai ...   More

Murmurs • City Auditor Gary Blackmer, who cosponsored Portland’s program for publicly financing campaigns, announced Tuesday he would resign May 18 after 10 years in office. His announcement comes ...   More

Murmurs • Last Friday, responding to the mounds of snow and ice still blocking walkways and storm drains, Mayor-elect Sam Adams asked homeowners to follow city code and clear their sidewalks. Ever the no ...   More

Murmurs • Inspired by how much cash flowed through the initiative system in the November election (union-backed Defend Oregon disclosed spending $15.5 million), higher-ed advocates are planning an indepe ...   More

Murmurs Last week The Oregonian reported Oregon Health & Science University CEO Dr. Joe Robertson and other top execs got bonus payments in mid-November totaling $1.36 million. Two weeks after the payouts, OH ...   More