Driver’s License Bill Clears the House On the Way to Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Drive in Oregon

House Bill 2015 passed in the House with 39 votes.

Your Wednesday, June 19 Daily Primer: Racist Nightclubs Alleged in Old Town — “Gross Mismanagement”

What to know, where to drink and how to plan your stoner road trip.

Oregon Officials Deter Portland Homeless Campers With a Million Dollars’ Worth of Boulders

The latest spot? A thicket of rose bushes in the Goose Hollow neighborhood.

A New Bar Complaint Against the State’s Top Public Defender Comes as His Agency Seeks a Total Revamp—and a Lot More Money

A new complaint to the Oregon State Bar raises questions about a plan to revamp public defense services.

Rep. Mitch Greenlick Cut a Backroom Deal to Reduce Oregon Death Penalty Sentences

He traded a PERS vote to get it.

Oregon Has a Long Way to Go to Catch Up With New York’s Tenant Protections

Here’s how the laws compare. 

Murmurs: Black Women Now Lead Portland Fire and Police Bureaus

Readers Respond to Plans For Bus-Only Lanes: “If Anything would Ignite a Voter Revolt in Portland, That Would Do It.”

Last week, WW wrote about a plan by City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly to create miles of bus-only lanes along Portland’s busiest streets (“Paint the Town Red,” WW, June 12, 2019).