AltWeeklies Wire
Spying the Friendly Skiesnew
Drone aircraft used for recon in Afghanistan are now in the U.S. Northwest.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
06-26-2012 |
War
Tags: Drone Spying, Insitu
A Newsman's Secretnew
The woman with Oregonian editor Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-21-2012 |
Media
NikeLeaksnew
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-20-2011 |
Business & Labor
War Bribesnew
An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-08-2011 |
War
Outgreened and Uncountednew
Oregon spent hundreds of millions to create “green” jobs, but it can’t say how many it got.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-07-2011 |
Economy
Public Paydaysnew
Portland's public employees aren’t getting rich—but they’re doing better than their neighbors.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
09-19-2011 |
Policy Issues
Cheat Local!new
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here's how local businesses get crushed.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-17-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Groupon, daily deals
Death of a Yoginew
The battle for a corporate empire, hundreds of millions of dollars and the meaning of a faith.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
07-08-2011 |
Features
Do Yuppie Hybrid Buyers Really Need a Tax-Break Carrott Anymore?new
Like many states, Oregon has long offered generous tax credits -- on top of existing federal tax credits -- to buyers of new hybrids. But if demand is already high and climbing as fast as the price of gasoline, why keep giving away money?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
06-25-2008 |
Transportation
Opening Portland's First Day-Labor Hiring Center Turns Out to be a Hasslenew
Plans for the center seemed so simple: a single-wide trailer. Two Port-A-Potties. And as many laborers as could fit under a 30-foot tent. But nothing is ever simple when the city is Portland and the issue is land use.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-30-2008 |
Immigration
Seven Things Portland Should Do to Get Serious About Being Greennew
Sometime between Gov. Tom McCall's speeches and Al Gore's Nobel Prize, Portland ceded the green crown. Here's how to get it back.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-16-2008 |
Environment
Portland's New Tent Citynew
The city's day labor site on MLK Boulevard still has fences to climb.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Pee-Town Revisitednew
In an effort to provide homeless people a place to relieve themselves, Portland kept its City Hall bathrooms open overnight. So far, that's cost the city $46,500 in its first five months.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Hyping the Weathernew
A recent Oregon storm may not have lived up to the hype -- but the coverage could be more frightening than the event. To wit, our awards for the past few days.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Prison Can be a Walk in the Parknew
Picking up wet leaves in the cold for 5 cents an hour is an opportunity to "develop appropriate work habits," according to the Oregon Department of Corrections and Portland Parks and Recreation. It's also an opportunity for Portland Parks to save $387 a day by hiring state prisoners to do work that city union officials say should be done by its full-time employees.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
