News Earlier this week, WW reported that lawyers for Mark Long, the former director of the Oregon Department of Energy, are seeking $432,000 in legal fees for their representation of Long in a case against the Oregon Department of Justice.
Marion County Judge Thomas Hart previously awarded Long's lawyers at the Harrang Long Gary Rudnick firm fees in the case, Long v. Kroger, which centered around t...   More

News Dr. Knute Buehler, the GOP nominee for Secretary of State, will need lots of money for his challenge to incumbent Kate Brown.Buehler, an orthopedic surgeon from Bend, lacks the kind of name recognition that Brown got by serving in the Legislature from 1991 to 2008, finishing as Senate Democratic majority leader. He got off to a fast fundraising start last year but slowed this year.
Buehler cam...   More

News A new report from Seattle's Sightline Institute says that one of the arguments for building coal export terminals in Oregon and Washington does not hold water.Supporters of plans to build new U.S. export terminals for sending Powder River coal from Wyoming to Asia have argued that if we d...   More

News As The Oregonian reported this morning, a New York investment firm calling itself Troutdale Energy Center LLC is proposing to build a $680 million gas-fired electricity generating plant at the site of a defunct aluminum plant in east Multnomah County.Whether the plant gets built or w...   More

Cover Story Stacy Jones rolls a green composting cart up to the Cloudburst Recycling truck he’s parked at Southeast 21st Avenue and Pine Street.  Jones latches the metal bar on the front of the bi   More

News Tomorrow is the deadline for turning in signatures for measures aimed at the November 6 general election ballot. Although it promises to be a busy day at the Secretary of State's elections division, neither of the abortion-related measures circulating will make the ballot.One measure Initiative Petition 22, defined life as beginning at fertilization and said "no person shall be denied the right to...   More

News Politics is a rough business—but it’s light duty compared to lining up against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) on the basketball court or...   More

News There has not been much campaign finance activity in the mayor's race since one candidate, former City Commissioner Charlie Hales, announced on June 21 that he'd limit contributions to $600 and would not take out-of-state checks.His opponent in the November general election, State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland), often spoke during the primary about the need to limit contributions."Elections sho...   More

News The political action committee Oregonians for Higher Education Excellence has now raised $414,000, although the group is not currently pursuing a ballot measure or intending to support candidates.
The latest large checks—$65,000 from California real estate developer Andrew Berwick on June 12 and $25,000 from Portland private equity investor John Von Schlegell of Endeavour Capital on June 27�...   More

News Earlier this week, WW reported that former Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Ellen Rosenblum, who will be sworn in as Oregon's first female attorney general on June 29, enters office facing potential conflicts of interest because of the large campaign contributions she accepted from marijuana interests.
It...   More