News According to his Twitter feed, Mayor Sam Adams supports a possible ban on travel by City of Portland employees to Arizona, which two weeks ago enacted Senate Bill 1070 [PDF]. That bill, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 23, gives local Arizona authorities broad state powers to question residents' immigration status and deport them. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom joined a national movement ...   More

News This afternoon the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, a statewide group of Christian denominations, and the Interfaith Immigration Coalition held a vigil and protest outside of the immigration office in northwest Portland as part of a national Isaiah 58 Solidarity Vigil for comprehensive immigration reform. The small but fervent crowd of about 50 people gave up their lunch hour to fast and pray ...   More

News Christian Kaylor is great at explaining what's wrong with Portland's economy. And he's also good at backing up those views with data. Kaylor, a workforce analyst for the Oregon Employment Department, sends out a monthly email with graphs on unemployment in the Portland metro region. The news is never cheery. Today's email from Kaylor shows Portland's unemployment rate in August at 10.2 percent. ...   More