News We may have been the last media outlet to notice this, but still:
In the wake of Washington voters approving recreational marijuana, the state's liquor control board has sent out an unusual More
Like Weed? Looking for Work?
News We may have been the last media outlet to notice this, but still:
In the wake of Washington voters approving recreational marijuana, the state's liquor control board has sent out an unusual More
Steve Novick Made Portland a Phone-Hold Music Mixtape
News City Commissioner Steve Novick wants Portland to change its phone-hold music. So he made the city bureaus a playlist.
In this week's cover story on changes at City Hall, WW reported that Novick, who took off... More
Saltzman Too Sick to Attend Sick-Leave Hearing
News This week's WW cover story on new Portland Mayor Charlie Hales takes a closer look at how most of the real deal-making in City Hall takes place in an improvised dance of one-on-one office meetings between commissioners and the... More
Strange Brew
The city is subsidizing a church-affiliated bar that plans to give away all its profits.
News Stop us if you’ve heard this one: A bureaucrat, a preacher and The New York Times walk into a bar. The punch line? The Times’ glowing story Jan. 20 revealing that the Portland Development Co More
Return of Chucky
Portland needs to make big spending cuts. New mayor Charlie Hales is swinging the ax.
Cover Story Portland City Hall is awfully quiet for a palace amid a revolution. Since the start of the year, the place has felt like a barely solvent art gallery sold to absentee bankers. Outside the mayor’ More
Hales Cuts $395,000 From Teen Summer Job Programs
News Portland Mayor Charlie Hales promised upon taking office to cut non-essential expenses out of the city budget.
This afternoon, he announced the first one he's cutting: a public-private partnership to give summer jobs to teenagers.
Hales' office said today it will not bring to City Council two items it removed from the agenda earlier this month: A grant and a contrac... More
Voter-Owned Redux
Amanda Fritz bankrolled her own re-election. Now she wants to resurrect public campaign financing.
News City Commissioner Amanda Fritz spent her nest egg last year—more than $375,000 of her own money—to buy four more years in Portland City Hall. “Most people could not and would not do what More
Portland Streetcar Asks City For More Money to Fix Its Only New Vehicle
Other streetcars won't be ready until March
News For five months, it's been clear that the only operational American-made streetcar has a list of glitches.Now Portland knows the bill.
In a contract amendment that goes before City Council on Wednesday, Portland Streetcar is asking the City of Portland for $145,000 to fix a malfunctioning propulsion system on the only streetcar that manufacturer United Streetcar has ... More
Wyden Sends Obama a Letter Asking When the CIA Can Kill Americans
News Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter yesterday to President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. The letter asks for the secret legal opinions that say when the president can kill Americans with drones.
That letter is getting More
Fire Bureau Seeking FEMA Funds for Anti-Fireworks Media Blitz
News For six years, Portland Fire & Rescue has been waging a border war against illegal fireworks from Washington state. Now it's looking to Washington, D.C. to fund that war.
Portland City Council will vote Wednesday to approve an application by the fire bureau for $120,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency money.
The Assistance to Firefighters, Fire Preven... More
Top Articles from AARON MESH
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Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
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48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Drink 2012: The Douchification of Northwest 21st Avenue
Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer?
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Drink 2012: The Douchification of Northwest 21st Avenue
Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer?
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