News Expect to see a new crew around mayoral candidate Charlie Hales as he moves toward a November face-off with State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) in the general election. Today Hales asked for and received the resignations of half a dozen paid staff, letting go everyone with the exception of his consultant, Liz Kaufman.Hales finished first in Tuesday's primary, narrowly outpointing Smith by ...   More

News The three-way Metro Council President's race figures to be a compelling battle among three-term Councilor Rex Burkholder (above) a founder of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance; an environmental leader with broad experience in Bob Stacey (below), the former director of 1000 Friends of Oregon; and Tom Hughes, a popular two-term Hillsboro mayor with strong economic development credentials. At ...   More