Murmurs Voodoo Doughnut owner Tres Shannon for months now has been talking up his brainstorm for a nightlife project, a putt-putt golf and pool room called the Portland P Palace (see “Voodoo Child,” W More
Murmurs: Shannon’s Missed Putt
There’s a hole in the middle of his big plans.
Murmurs Voodoo Doughnut owner Tres Shannon for months now has been talking up his brainstorm for a nightlife project, a putt-putt golf and pool room called the Portland P Palace (see “Voodoo Child,” W More
Murmurs: Brown Shifts Election
Kate could move her election to another state.
Murmurs Secretary of State Kate Brown has made a decision critics say is nothing more than partisanship that’s inappropriate of the state’s elections officer. As first reported on wweek.com, Brown, More
Murmurs: Avakian is the Word
Zombie lawsuits, burnin’ up the quarter mile.
Murmurs Two years ago, the Tonkon Torp law firm scored a coup when it snagged Josh Kardon, the longtime chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, to bolster its federal government-relations practice. Kardon, More
Murmurs: Sincerest Form of Flattery?
We promise never to use this Ferris joke again.
Murmurs High-profile Portland lawyer Nena Cook is in a competitive race for an open Oregon Supreme Court seat against Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Timothy Sercombe and Multnomah County Judge Richard Ba More
Murmurs: Grant High School Exposés Itself
Never deferential, affirming or quiet.
Murmurs Grant High School student journalists investigating the Jan. 12 locker-room assault involving junior varsity basketball players have broken big news: Sources tell Grant Magazine police will not More
Murmurs: ODOT Backlash and Schaufler Unbowed
Fixing a city charter right out of Dickens.
Murmurs WW reported recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation program that has given Union Pacific—with billions in profits—state subsidies of $24.7 million to fix its own track under the lot More
Murmurs: Doctoring Campaign Contributions
What our five-star mayor is thinking about.
Murmurs Bad medicine: Doctor groups wanting to avoid Medicaid cuts have raised $2.3 million in campaign contributions to influence health-care reform. As first reported on wweek.com, a document accounting More
Murmurs: Super PACs-a-Plenty
We’re the only newspaper—except for the others.
Murmurs Katie Riley, a Democrat making her second run at the House District 29 seat, currently held by Rep. Katie Eyre (R-Hillsboro), learned an important lesson this week: If you are going to misrepres More
Murmurs: Salem Spam, Animal Psych, and Smith’s Slip.
Murmurs Thousands of people have been getting emails from state Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point) recently and haven’t been sure why. Turns out Richardson, co-chairman of the budget-writing Ways More
Murmurs: Casino Battle Royale and OPE Oil Sands
Where the slogan “just right” always applies.
Murmurs The two guys from Lake Oswego who want Oregonians to approve a giant casino in east Multnomah County are back again. Last week, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer got approval to begin gathering signat More
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