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Why Is Washington Always Ahead of Oregon on Progressive Measures?

They legalized pot first, they beat us to gay marriage, and now they have a ballot measure for a carbon tax. How come they always beat us to the punch?

Meet the Most Weed-Friendly Candidate for Oregon Governor

The Independent Party candidate for Oregon governor wants “to make Oregon great.” While that slogan sounds scarily familiar, and while Thomason has a background in real estate, he is no Donald Trump. Thomason also advocates sustainable jobs, increased funding for education and the continuation of Oregon’s medical marijuana program.

Nell Zink's "Nicotine" Describes a Batshit World That's a Lot Like Portland

Amid plot that seems chaos, Zink’s voice throughout is gentle and restrained—a strong and sad chain of unlikely insight and sideways metaphor—and the world her book describes seems like ours.

The Five Art Galleries We're Most Excited to See at First Thursday

In the highly stylized compositions, dancers hang upside down in a MAX car, contort themselves on cafe tables with coffee cups balanced on their heads, and hang in midair over the Willamette Valley like birds riding a thermal.

Portland's City Slogan Wasn't Always "The City That Works"

I snicker every time I see one of the Portland “The City That Works” vehicles whiz down my street. The slogan has aged terribly since it was conceived in the mid-1990s.

Brian Wilson Is Coming to Play "Pet Sounds" for the Final Time. Here Are the Six Hottest Remaining Beach Boys Takes.

Given the way he’s been treated by the Wilsons, Love is probably not wrong to insist on holding tight control of the band’s name so he can make a living.

These Are the Nine Cannabis Products We're Excited About Right Now

Tangerine Dream fruit gummies and an oil blend that gives you a boost of energy and rebalancing of spirit—welcome to fall.

Are Growing Regions the Next Defining Factor for the Oregon Cannabis Industry?

This is one aspect where the state’s aggressive oversight of the cannabis industry might pay dividends. The state is implementing a seed-to-sale tracking system that will standardize information on the origins of any cannabis product, says Morse of the OCBC.

Why Hemp and Marijuana Farmers Had a Messy Breakup—And What Happens Now

Even before legalization, Oregon had plenty of marijuana farms serving the medical community. But before last year, nobody in Oregon was growing legal hemp. And if outdoor recreational marijuana growers had their way last year, nobody would be growing hemp now either.

Why Isn't Our Cannabis Sustainable Yet? It's Complicated.

In 2012, a study showed indoor marijuana grows accounted for 1 percent of America’s energy consumption—the equivalent of 3 million cars—and that was before full legalization in Washington and Oregon.

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