AltWeeklies Wire
Somebody's Watching Younew
We live in a surveillance state. Oregonians may not realize the ways in which law enforcement can already spy on them, in at least one case to a degree unmatched in any other state.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-17-2015 |
Civil Liberties
All Stacked Up And No Place To Gonew
Psychiatric patients are being warehoused in Portland’s emergency rooms in growing numbers.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
07-18-2014 |
Health
The Enforcernew
Banks send lawyer Daniel Gordon after people who don’t pay their credit-card bills. Who is watching how he operates?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-18-2013 |
Economy
Tags: debt collection
Your Teacher Is F'dnew
The Oregon Education Association gave Gov. John Kitzhaber more than $1 million. And now he's giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-24-2011 |
Education
Green Giantnew
How much is sustainability worth? Try $65 million in public money.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-24-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Sustainability
What's the Plan for Those Feel-good Light Bulbs Poisoning Portland's Water?new
If you’re feeling all environmentally conscious about buying compact fluorescent light bulbs, check yourself.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-04-2009 |
Environment
How Oregon's Largest Teachers Union Helped Shape Charter Schools Billnew
Online charter school supporters have obtained emails between a lobbyist for the state's teachers union and an Oregon Department of Education staff attorney. Those emails, they say, show that the lawyer for the ostensibly neutral state agency tinkered with a bill to serve the union's interests and contradicted written instructions from Oregon State Board of Education chairman Duncan Wyse.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
06-17-2009 |
Education
Why the Two Biggest U.S. Tobacco Companies Are Fighting Each Othernew
There's a tobacco war raging in Salem, Ore. that has less to do with the reasons for past battles -- raising taxes or reducing consumption -- than it does with control of a rare industry bright spot: smokeless tobacco.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-13-2009 |
Business & Labor
Oregonians Want Green Energy at Any Pricenew
There are a variety of explanations for the lack of outcry about Oregon's subsidies for wind farms. But perhaps most important, the idea of subsidizing renewable energy has the strong support of Gov. Ted Kulongoski, other political leaders and -- if polls are correct -- a large portion of Oregonians.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-11-2009 |
Environment
The Russian Mob Comes to Town with a New Scam: Medical Identity Theftnew
The ease with which Alexandr Shcherbakov and at least one other Russian in Portland bilked the feds illustrates in part why healthcare costs are soaring. "Medical identity theft is the new frontier for organized crime," says Alex Johnson, a former FBI agent who investigates fraud for Regence BlueShield.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
07-09-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Utility Giant PacifiCorp Blocks Solar Energy Development in Oregonnew
PacifiCorp has asked the Public Utility Commission to clarify whether the solar installations popping up like dandelions around the state are legal, which put all projects on hold.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
06-11-2008 |
Environment
Why Build Another Bridge Between Portland and Washington?new
Portland-area pols say global warming is a dire threat -- but they want to spend $4.2 billion on a project that makes driving easier.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-21-2008 |
Transportation
The Poisoning of Whitakernew
AltWeeklies Award - News Feature
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The PGE Seriesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The 30-Year Secretnew
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: media, crime & justice
