News Elections geeks can now tear into the official results from the Nov. 6 general election. Secretary of State Kate Brown certified those results today. The results for individual races and ballot measures are here under "official election results." There is also information about voter registration and participation. The big overall numbe...   More

News In the history of Oregon politics, there are few things voters have hated more than a sales tax. But when voters...   More

News At today's 10th Oregon Leadership Summit, Gov. John Kitzhaber did what he could to put the best face on the controversial $3.5 billion Columbia River Crossing project. "I met with legislative leadership last week and they agreed to prioritize this project in 2013," Kitzhaber told the assembled throng of business leaders and elected officials.
In the budget he released Nov. 3...   More

News The New York Times ran a massive story about massive tax subsidies on Sunday. In the online version, the paper provided readers with a useful tool to see how generous each state has been in forking over corporate tax breaks.
Oregon, as many readers will recall, has provided ...   More

News A Clackamas County grand jury has indicted a county elections worker with ballot tampering after she was discovered filling votes for Republican candidates during this fall’s elections.

Deanna Swenson, 55, of Oregon City, was charged with six counts—four felonies and two misdemeanors—after state Elections Division officials asked for a criminal investigation, as    More

News The Metro Council had been scheduled to vote on a pending proposal to develop a hotel next to the Oregon Convention center next month but as Metro's in-house news reporter Nick Christensen wrote this afternoon that is not going to happen.The long-planned, on-a...   More

News Rep. Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville) decided earlier this year not to seek re-election after news about his relationship with a former subordinate surfaced. He also    More

News Hundreds of raucous Democrats, crowded into the cavernous downtown Hilton Hotel ballroom for their election-night victory bash, roared...
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News Mayor Sam Adams delivered for the city's arts organizations earlier this month when voters approved a hybrid arts tax benefiting school kids and dozens of non-profits.

Now, the arts community is thanking him. Here's an invitation that went out this afternoon:   December is Sam's last month in office, and we will be celebrating all that he has done for creativity, educatio...   More

News While the current debate about whether Oregon will allow coal exports continues, a slightly older environment versus economy battle also remains unsettled.Last year, a federal court vacated a license for a proposed liquified natural gas terminal at Bradwood Landing on the Columbia River, about 20 miles upriver from Astoria. That ruling came after developers abandoned their efforts to build ...   More