News Some lawyers, law faculty and law students are questioning the Oregon State Bar’s commitment to diversity after its award-winning affirmative action administrator resigned last month. The bar&r ... More
Minority Report
Is the Oregon State Bar still committed to affirmative action?
News Some lawyers, law faculty and law students are questioning the Oregon State Bar’s commitment to diversity after its award-winning affirmative action administrator resigned last month. The bar&r ... More
Moaner Lisa
A little commuting help for Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito.
News Call this Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito’s extreme transportation makeover. In a piece The Oregonian wrote last week about the long summer absences of Multnomah County commissioners L ... More
Speaker Pelosi Hearts Streetcars
News
Progressive Portland loves U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And Pelosi loves our streetcar.
"I want to thank the city of Portland for what you are doing," said Pelosi, praising Portland's light-rail system along with the city's commitment to reduce emissions at yesterday's conf... More
Merkley’s Rental Health
WW talks to Senate candidate Jeff Merkley’s other constituents—his renters.
News Oregon House Speaker-turned U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley has a few unhappy constituents—the renters of property he owns in Portland and Tualatin. WW set out to find how well Merkley manag ... More
Ron Co.
Taking it to the streets with Portland backers of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul.
News Chances are you’ve already driven past longshot Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s Portland grassroots campaign. Since July, his supporters have camped out at three Portland ro ... More
Fluoridation Foes Get an Unexpected Ally
News
The crusade against fluoridating Oregon's drinking water got a major boost last month from an unexpected ally—one Lake Oswego dentist.
Dr. Bill Osmonson co-sponsored three ballot initiatives for the November ba... More
CALLAHAN EXPLAINED...by Callahan!
News
Last Friday, after our two previous efforts to get Portlanders to decode Callahan, we invited the man himself to talk about his latest work to appear in WW. Before he took off to get ready ... More
Update on the Murder of Lemon Groves
News
Though the crime took place more than 3,000 miles away, the May 28 murder of longtime Northeast beauty shop owner Lemon Groves definitely hit home in Portland.
Now there may be some closure for Groves, friends and family. Yesterday, a Granada, Nicaragua, jury found the c... More
Jefferson Smith Makes His Move
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In the latest from carpetbag central, Jefferson Smith has already fled inner Northeast Portland's House District 43 for the cozy, wide-open 47th in East Portland - the home of Speaker Jeff Merkley's soon-to-be-vacated House seat.
... More
A Slap from the Past
The DA’s office in the butt-slapping case has been criticized before for withholding police reports.
News Years before the Yamhill County prosecutor’s office failed to hand over a police report in the case of McMinnville’s butt slap heard ’round the world, the Oregon State Bar investigat ... More
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Women Gone Wild
WW—and the law—catch up with two once-prominent Oregon women. A Slap from the Past
The DA’s office in the butt-slapping case has been criticized before for withholding police reports. Minority Report
Is the Oregon State Bar still committed to affirmative action? Merkley’s Rental Health
WW talks to Senate candidate Jeff Merkley’s other constituents—his renters. Moaner Lisa
A little commuting help for Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito. Ron Co.
Taking it to the streets with Portland backers of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. Mail Trail
Look who knows you've forwarded their email. Friendly Fire
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden takes heat at town hall on Iraq. Back From The Dead?
Multiple Diagnoses
What else is being proposed to fix health care in the presidential race and in Oregon?
WW—and the law—catch up with two once-prominent Oregon women. A Slap from the Past
The DA’s office in the butt-slapping case has been criticized before for withholding police reports. Minority Report
Is the Oregon State Bar still committed to affirmative action? Merkley’s Rental Health
WW talks to Senate candidate Jeff Merkley’s other constituents—his renters. Moaner Lisa
A little commuting help for Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito. Ron Co.
Taking it to the streets with Portland backers of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. Mail Trail
Look who knows you've forwarded their email. Friendly Fire
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden takes heat at town hall on Iraq. Back From The Dead?
Multiple Diagnoses
What else is being proposed to fix health care in the presidential race and in Oregon?
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