News The competition to challenge embattled U.S. Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) in the 1st Congressional District's 2012 Democratic primary is far from over.As The Oregonian reported this morning, State. Rep. Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie) will likely join Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian in taking on Wu. But at least two other Washington County Democrats continue to look at jumping in. State ...   More

News Gov. Ted Kulongoski's "Resetting Government" address to City Club last Friday is still echoing around Oregon. Public employee unions panned the message, which drew on nine months of study by top state bureaucrats and called for sharply reducing the cost of government. Others, such as former state Sen. Ryan Deckert, a Democrat who's executive director of the Oregon Business Association and ...   More