News Lawmakers in Salem are considering many changes in Oregon's property tax system, hoping to address issues of fairness, compression and, in some cases, they're trying to bust the limits created by ballot measures over the past 23 years.
Prior to the session, the  League of Oregon...   More

News In Portland, we've built streetcars and an aerial tram, while leaving 59 miles of city streets unpaved and big swaths of outer-Southeast and Northeast Portland without sidewalks.  Now L...   More

News The pro-fluoride group with the cavity-inducing name "Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland" has reeled in the first big check for the May election on whether or not to fluoridate Portland's water.
The political action committee of Dentists of Oregon gave the pro-fluoridation side $30,000 in a transaction reported Tuesday. That contribution brings the group's total to $35,...   More

News Tom Koehler, a co-founder of the Chinook Book and Pacific Ethanol, will run for the Portland Public School Board Zone 6 seat being vacated by two-term incumbent Trudy Sargent. Consuelo Saragoza, who works for Multnomah County, previously filed for the position.Koehler brings political and private sector experience to the race. While a student at Oregon State University, he ran...   More

News UPDATE 2:20 pm: While Southwest Washington Republicans lobby against the Columbia River Crossing, Democrats unveiled a new $9.8 billion transportation bill unveiled today that contains $450 million for the CRC, The Columbian reports.The package includes a 10 cent gas tax incr...   More

News The Columbia River Crossing project is on a fast track in Salem, sent racing toward approval by its biggest backer, Gov. John Kitzhaber. The governor—pushing a complex project with gaping fi   More

News Last night marked a giant leap forward for proponents of the $3.5 billion Columbia River Crossing project, which will include a new Interstate 5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver, an extension of light rail to Vancouver, a fix for five major freeway interchanges.

Lawmakers on a special CRC committee voted 14-2 to move House Bill 2800 to the floor of both chambers for votes. The...   More

News A joint legislative committee this evening voted 14 to 2 to send a bill approving moving forward on the $3.5 billion Columbia River Crossing project to the House and Senate floors for a vote.The legislation, House Bill 2800, has moved at lightning speed this session after more than 20 years ...   More

News Melody Rose, currently one of two vice-chancellors the Oregon University System, will replace her boss, George Pernsteiner, who stepped down earlier this month, as interim chancellor. Rose will be the first woman to lead the OUS system.
Rose, who holds a Ph.D from Cornell, previously taught political science and chaired that ...   More

News Stumptown Coffee is continuing its evolution, bringing in an experienced beverage-industry veteran to be its new president.The new hire is Joth Ricci, until now the chief operating officer of First Beverage, an investment and consulting firm. The industry publication BevNet, which    More