AltWeeklies Wire
Twenty Minutes With Hillary Clintonnew
The presidential hopeful chats with us about LNG, medical weed and tattoos.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
04-09-2008 |
Politics
D is for Democrat, Differences and Debatenew
Where Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick disagree in the race for the U.S. Senate.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
04-02-2008 |
Politics
Tags: Oregon, 2008 downballot elections
Inside the Race for Oregon's Next Attorney Generalnew
John Kroger and Greg Macpherson are both lanky Harvard graduates, Democrats (there is no Republican in the race) and accomplished lawyers. Yet their backgrounds could hardly be more different.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jacquiss |
03-26-2008 |
Politics
How Obama's Roadshow Played With Our Criticsnew
When I invited our film critic Aaron Mesh to review Barack Obama's performance in Portland last week, Mesh's response was instant. "I've been meaning to see him live," Mesh said, as if it were a Modest Mouse show rather than a political rally.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-26-2008 |
Politics
Movement is On to Repeal Ban on Loaded Firearms in National Parksnew
And U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's endorsement of the ban's repeal is making him an easy target for most of his wanna-be challengers in the 2008 election.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Oregon's Closed Primary Faces Third Attempt at Changenew
Phil Keisling is back with a signature-gathering effort to put an initiative on the November 2008 ballot that would open Oregon's "closed primaries" by letting independent voters into the process.
Willamette Week |
Dave Mazza |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Election '08's Decidersnew
Who are Oregon's superdelegates, and how will they vote?
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-13-2008 |
Politics
How Oregonians Helped Put Obama Over the Top in Washingtonnew
With Oregon Democrats hanging fire until the state's late-in-the-season May 20 primary to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Oregonians happily crossed the Columbia River last Saturday to help put Obama on top in Clark County.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-13-2008 |
Politics
The New Order: Portlands Publicly Financed Electionsnew
The surge of publicly funded candidates raises two key questions before the financing program goes to a voter referendum in 2010: Can the city afford it? Is it too easy to get public financing?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Politics
Trans-formational Politicsnew
Forget for a moment the landmark major presidential campaigns of a woman and a black man. The transgender community is also staking a claim this year in politics from Portland to Minnesota.
Willamette Week |
Lillian Hogan |
01-23-2008 |
Politics
Tags: transgender
Welcome to Pleasantville, er, Portlandnew
More Taxes? No problem! Does this city ever take off its rose-colored glasses?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-16-2008 |
Politics
Erik Sten Calls It Quitsnew
In a surprise decision, Portland's longest-serving, most controversial city commissioner will resign midterm.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
01-02-2008 |
Politics
Who's Supporting Whom in Oregon?new
Tied with Kentucky as the sixth-to-last state to vote, Oregon has about as much weight in picking the presidential nominees as a zero to the left of a decimal point. But what happens in early-voting states does matter here -- at least for people who could gain considerable clout depending on who gets the nomination.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-02-2008 |
Politics
Oregon Lawmakers' Misguided Effort on Ethicsnew
Still no limits on campaign donations, and pols can spend that cash on personal items. So why are we celebrating the new ethics law?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-19-2007 |
Politics
Sam Adams is Portland's Next Mayornew
Unless one of these 12 Portlanders steps up to challenge him.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-28-2007 |
Politics
