News A new bill in the Oregon Legislature would require a prescription for a pack of smokes.Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland), filed a bill that would put nicotine in the same category as ketamine, and would make having the addictive substance without a doctor’s note a crime.House Bill 2077 would classify nicotine as a Schedule III controlled substance and would make the unlawful possession and distribution ...   More

News The reporting by BikePortland.org on a new bill by state Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) that would outlaw carrying children in bicycle trailers if the child is younger than 6 years old has predictably generated a lot of unhappy reaction. For those who may not know much about Greenlick as he enters his fifth term in the newly convened Oregon Legislature, here's some quick background reading: In ...   More

News For a five-term state representative who we expect most Oregonians couldn't have picked out of a lineup before this month, Democrat Mitch Greenlick has certainly vaulted into prominence with the 2011 Legislature barely one week old. Last week, Greenlick got blasted by bicyclists for his bill that proposed to outlaw carrying children in bicycle trailers if the child is younger than 6 years old This ...   More