News It didn't take Steve Novick long to lay out his City Council agenda. It took six minutes, in fact. On Dec. 31, the day before Novick was sworn in as a Portland City Commissioner, he launched a blog on the city's website. The first five posts—published between 3:12 pm and 3:18 pm—lay out a series of ambitious policy initiatives.They're not new concepts. Novick, a former environmental lawyer, began ...   More

News The asterisk has been dropped from Veronica Rodriguez's freedom after the Oregon Supreme Court ruled in a split decision that Measure 11's mandatory sentencing law is too harsh in certain circumstances such as Rodriguez's. Michael Hintz, an investigator who worked for Rodriguez' defense team, says he's obviously happy with the court decision. “I would have loved to have the conviction ...   More