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Baruti Artharee, Former Mayoral Aide at the Center of a Portland City Council Tempest, Responds

“You should be ashamed of yourself,” Artharee wrote to Smith. Artharee was suspended from his job over suggestive comments he publicly made about Smith in 2013.

Former City Council Candidate Andrea Valderrama Endorses Jo Ann Hardesty

Valderrama finished fourth in the primary.

A Spat Between Portland City Council Candidates Revives Questions About Both

Congressman Earl Blumenauer Endorses City Council Candidate JoAnn Hardesty

Hardesty has been racking up endorsements from elected leaders.

Pamplin Media’s Newspapers Divide Over Whether to Support Metro’s $653 Million Housing Bond

In a reversal of the expected vote, the Portland editorial board opposed the bond; a Washington County editorial board supported it.

Multnomah County Legal Opinion Raises Specter of Complex Impacts from Measure 103

County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson, who opposes the measure, requested the opinion.

Oregon Tax Measures Are Raising Big—and Lopsided—Money

The “yes” campaigns on two measures to block new taxes are drawing big corporate spending.