News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are wrestling with health-care... More
No Such Thing As Free Coffee
Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.
News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are wrestling with health-care... More
OSPIRG Examines Tax Credits, Sees Little Benefit
News Approving tax credits is a little bit like continuing to drink after you know you've had enough—it seems like a good idea at the time but can be hard to justify in the cold light of sobriety.OSPIRG (the Oregon Public Interest Research Group) took a look a four tax-credit programs lawmakers have green-lighted in recen... More
Dudley Do-Over: Federal Judges Disallow House Burning Deduction
News During the 2010 race for Oregon governor, WW reported that GOP candidate Chris Dudley had taken a $350,000 tax deduction for allowing the Lake Oswego Fire Department to burn down his house as a training exercise. (Dudley wanted to build a new house on the property). That practice, which homeowners... More
Chief Looks Like A Lady
Commissioner Leonard takes a fire ax to the glass ceiling in choosing a chief for a troubled fire bureau.
City Hall Twenty years ago, Portland Fire & Rescue employed only four female firefighters. Last week, City Commissioner Randy Leonard stunned... More
Doctor Groups Flex Muscle In Capitol: $2.3 Million in Campaign Cash to Influence Health-Care Reform
News The State Capitol has been abuzz the last couple of days because of a hot list (PDF) circulating in the halls: campaign contributions from physicians' groups to lawmakers who are working on Gov. John Kitzhaber's plan for health-care transformation.Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, wants to slash state health-care sp... More
Still Big, Still Costly
CRC backers claim the $3.5 billion project is “downsizing.” That’s not true—not even close.
News Backers of the proposed $3.5 billion freeway bridge across the Columbia River say they’ve gotten the message: The project is too big and expensive. That’s why Gov. John Kitzhaber’s chief More
Starr Picks Up Steam In Labor Commissioner Race
News State Sen. Bruce Starr (R-Hillsboro) reported checks last Friday from a couple of bold-faced names in his effort to unseat incumbent Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian.
Although the race is non-partisan, the GOP has its eye on picking up its first-statewide elected position since former U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) lost to challenger Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) in 2008.
Starr is in the ... More
Grocery Union Leader and Others React to Anti-Labor Language in New Seasons Market Handbook
News A story in this week's print edition of WW exploring mayoral candidate Eileen Brady's work behind the scenes at New Seasons Market during the company's early days has provoked strong reactions from labor unions and other City Hall candidates.
Brady has repeatedly said she wrote New Seasons' fi... More
Metro Councilor Hosticka Files For House Seat: Updated
News Metro Councilor Carl Hosticka filed last week to run for House District 37, the seat currently held by State Rep. Julie Parrish (R-Tualatin/West Linn).
Hosticka... More
Manual Dexterity
When Eileen Brady helped run New Seasons, the company equated unions with extremists.
Elections Eileen Brady’s association with New Seasons Market has been the central narrative of her campaign for Portland mayor. It makes sense that she wants to identify herself with the grocery that call More
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More Than a Victim. The 30-Year Secret
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Your Teacher Is F’d
The Oregon Education Association gave Kitzhaber more than a million bucks, and now he’s giving it pay cuts and pink slips. The Crucifixion of Geoff Thompson
One man’s obsession with the Viewpoint Inn left smoking ruins, stiffed creditors and angry brides. A Bridge Too False
Turns out most of the case for the $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing Isn’t true. Bad Neighbor
One wealthy Portlander’s tool kit for conflict resolution: tasers, chain saws and “coffee bombs.” WHO KNEW
Long before Neil Goldschmidt's secret became public, many influential Oregonians knew something about it. Perfectly Legal
How one lawmaker uses campaign money to subsidize his mortgage, pay his bar tabs and explore Canada. Adams' Admission
Mayor Sam Adams tells WW he lied about not having sex with Beau Breedlove. Bad Teacher
Gov. Kitzhaber’s school reforms mark a decline in teachers’ union influence.
More Than a Victim. The 30-Year Secret
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Your Teacher Is F’d
The Oregon Education Association gave Kitzhaber more than a million bucks, and now he’s giving it pay cuts and pink slips. The Crucifixion of Geoff Thompson
One man’s obsession with the Viewpoint Inn left smoking ruins, stiffed creditors and angry brides. A Bridge Too False
Turns out most of the case for the $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing Isn’t true. Bad Neighbor
One wealthy Portlander’s tool kit for conflict resolution: tasers, chain saws and “coffee bombs.” WHO KNEW
Long before Neil Goldschmidt's secret became public, many influential Oregonians knew something about it. Perfectly Legal
How one lawmaker uses campaign money to subsidize his mortgage, pay his bar tabs and explore Canada. Adams' Admission
Mayor Sam Adams tells WW he lied about not having sex with Beau Breedlove. Bad Teacher
Gov. Kitzhaber’s school reforms mark a decline in teachers’ union influence.
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