The UO president talks about a big bond issue, Phil Knight and how sports is like Lady Gaga.
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For a guy with a doctorate in Sanskrit, Richard Lariviere is pretty plain-spoken. The 60-year-old president of the University of Oregon was in Portland last week touting a new funding and governance c ...
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Some questions for the man who’s been responsible at TriMet.
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TriMet general manager Fred Hansen’s announcement last week that he would leave after 11 1/2 years comes at a very busy time for the agency. Months after killing free bus service in Fareless Squ ...
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Oregon’s senior senator defends his health plan from hits by unions, Obama and other Democrats.
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When U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden came to our office last week, we saw no evidence he had brought along extra security. It wouldn’t have been surprising, given the heat the Oregon Democrat has taken from ...
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What Earth Day’s founder thinks about passive houses, the Columbia River Crossing, Obama and Cap and Trade.
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Eight years ago, Denis Hayes—the founder of Earth Day and arguably America’s pre-eminent environmentalist—visited WW as part of “The Race to Stop Global Warming” tour. Ba ...
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The newly ex-gubernatorial candidate's own words on why his boomlet fizzled.
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State Sen. Ben Westlund's independent campaign for governor couldn't even make it to Labor Day.The maverick ex-Republican who scared major-party strategists last spring ("Ben Westlund: All of the Abov ...
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