Letters to the Editor Has not a single one of our federal officials traveled to The Netherlands and observed that the coffeeshops are no big deal? [“Weed All About It,” WW, Jan. 25, 2012.] The federal marijuana pro   More

Rogue of the Week Oregon legislators convene Feb. 1 in Salem for a one-month session. They’ll deal with education reform, the budget and fundamentally changing the way the state pays for health care. On that la   More

Murmurs Thousands of people have been getting emails from state Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point) recently and haven’t been sure why. Turns out Richardson, co-chairman of the budget-writing Ways    More

Letters to the Editor If prison is our method of getting women the drug treatment they need, then we are in trouble [“Jail Birds,” WW, Jan. 18, 2012]. Drug-treatment programs have been cut, and now funding is almost no   More

Murmurs The two guys from Lake Oswego who want Oregonians to approve a giant casino in east Multnomah County are back again. Last week, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer got approval to begin gathering signat   More

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Murmurs The arrival of big-box retail in downtown Portland encountered another snag last week. Target Corp. has long been eyeing a downtown Portland location, and in October the Daily Journal of Commercerepor   More

Letters to the Editor I was surprised when I received the call from [WW reporter] Corey [Pein] asking about my residency [“Home Away From Home,” WW, Jan. 4, 2012]. I never considered it would be a news story that my    More

Murmurs Mayoral candidate Eileen Brady continues her torrid fundraising—she’s brought in $486,000 to Charlie Hales’ $294,000 and Jefferson Smith’s $171,000. But Brady returned two contributions this w   More

Letters to the Editor In all the excitement of your 2011 recap, [“2011: The Costume Party,” WW, Dec. 28, 2011] Willamette Week forgot to include somebody on the costume party invite list: THE MAESTRO Costume: Tuxedo,   More