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The weirdest summer diversion in town has come to an end. In case you've been living in a cave, the Merc's Amy Ruiz and I are moderating an inexplicable but monumentally consequential duel between the blogs of the Portland More
NewsThis morning Jack Bogdanski pointed readers to these "gotcha" pictures of the most train- and bike-friendly congressman in America, Portland's own Rep. More
NewsLookit this: A preview of The Oregonian's much-needed website redesign.
"You'll want to bookmark OregonLive.com/news and come back several times a day," promises the promo copy. "[Pretty please?]"<...
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Renaming rules create an accidental competition between Latino activists and sci-fi geeks.
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Last year’s to-do over the renaming of North Interstate Avenue for César E. Chávez wasn’t an experience you’d think Portland pols would want to repeat. The disastrous ...
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NewsAbout half of the 1,800 pensioners enrolled in Portland's Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund have been getting overpaid by an average of $60 a month for more than a decade, city officials said this afternoon in a meeting with reporters.
Since 1995, when officials believe a "m...More
NewsWhy, you ask? Because it's summer (or was until this thunderstorm). Because any Web traffic is good Web traffic. Because we can. Portland Mercury newsie Amy Ruiz and I are judging what is al...
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