Murmurs The contractor for some of Portland’s trendiest projects declared personal bankruptcy on Dec. 1. Mike Purcell, owner of Gray Purcell Construction, loaned his company more than $2 million but ha ...   More

Murmurs More street folks, but also more windmills and more Hollywood! From the budget Gov. Ted Kulongoski unveiled this week, gone would be Eastern Oregon’s 60-bed Blue Mountain Recovery Center ($5.3 m ...   More

Murmurs A tantalizing rumor percolating has U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith as a candidate to replace retiring University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer, a fellow Republican who got his job after losing the 1990 ...   More

Murmurs Who will write the state’s next budget at a time when it’s hemorrhaging cash? The decision by state Rep. Mary Nolan (D-Southwest Portland) to run for House majority leader effectively left ...   More

Murmurs Yes, they can: Dozens of students at the outer Southeast Portland school now called (take a deep breath) “Clark K-8 @ Binnsmead” have proposed renaming their school for President-elect Bar ...   More

Murmurs Forget about baseball in Lents? City Hall insiders say Mayor-to-be Sam Adams will push for any new minor-league ballpark to be in the Rose Quarter (possibly where Memorial Coliseum is now) rather than ...   More

Murmurs Allen Alley, the Republican candidate for state treasurer, told KPOJ-AM last week in an interview that he hasn’t said whom he’s supporting for president. Curious that, given that Alley&rsq ...   More

Murmurs Overheard by two reliable sources: U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio telling an Oct. 16 lunch meeting of the Democratic Party of Oregon’s Presidents Club: “Assuming we get Obama elected and a good ...   More

Murmurs A new poll for corporate (read non-lefty) clients shows a high likelihood of a House Democratic landslide in Oregon this November. The survey shows D’s poised to pick up key House Republican sea ...   More

Murmurs Longtime Oregonian columnist David Reinhard may be leaving the paper. Reinhard, 56, submitted his paperwork Monday to take advantage of The Oregonian’s buyout offer of two years’ pay ...   More