Featured Stories Your friend belongs to no university but somehow knows everything under the sun and moon, as he is careful to remind you on each and every occasion. When you bought Fifty Shades of Grey last yea   More

News When the Oregon election results come out tonight, one of the biggest winners will be someone who's not even on the ballot. Mark Wiener, the political consultant of choice for Democrats and those who want to raise taxes, has collected big bucks this election cycle to provide strategy to the following people and organizations: 1) Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber; 2) The ...   More

News The Oregon Historical Society today named Kerry Tymchuk its interim executive director. Tymchuk is the consummate political insider, have served as a longtime top aide to former U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and ghost-written books for Smith and other powerful Oregonians. Most recently, Tymchuk worked for CFM, a local lobbying and public relations firm. And he played a major behind-the-scenes ...   More

News The Oregon Historical Society today named Kerry Tymchuk its interim executive director.Tymchuk is the consummate political insider, have served as a longtime top aide to former U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and ghost-written books for Smith and other powerful Oregonians. Most recently, Tymchuk worked for CFM, a local lobbying and public relations firm. And he played a major behind-the-scenes ...   More

News   When the Oregon election results come out tonight, one of the biggest winners will be someone who’s not even on the ballot. Mark Wiener, the political consultant of choice for Democrats and those who want to raise taxes, has collected big bucks this election cycle to provide strategy to the following people and organizations: 1) Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber; 2) The ...   More

News Add one more money measure to the Nov. 2 ballot. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners today unanimously approved asking county voters to OK a five-year, $10 million levy to fund the financially threatened Oregon Historical Society, which runs the society's museum and library in downtown Portland. If county voters OK the levy, it would add a nickel per $1,000 of assessed property value, ...   More

News City Commissioner Nick Fish and Beam Construction and Management are the latest large donors to the Yes campaign on the city of Portland's $72.4 million bond measure for the Fire Bureau. Fish and Beam Development each ponied up $2,500 to the fire bond campaign. (Fish, who won his re-election to City Council in May, also tapped his campaign fund for a much smaller donation of $250 to Democratic ...   More