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PDX to Trump: Drop Deadnew
How David Douglas School District proves Donald Trump wrong.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-11-2015 |
Elections
Tags: Immigrants, Presidential politics
Oregon Says Yes to Marijuananew
Voters approve making recreational marijuana legal.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-05-2014 |
Elections
Tags: marijuana oregon
Asleep At The Wheelnew
U.S. Rep. David Wu totaled a parked car and blamed it on his hectic travel schedule.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-16-2011 |
Politics
Strange Wunew
Oregon Congressman David Wu's very odd behavior that had his staffers threatening to shut down his 2010 campaign.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-23-2011 |
Politics
Sum of Samnew
An interview with Portland Mayor Sam Adams in advance oh his State of the City speech.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
02-16-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Portland, Mayor Sam Adams
Elizabeth Lynn Dunham: May 12, 1961-Jan. 16, 2011new
The life and death of the woman who former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt sexually abused beginning when she was a young teen-ager.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
02-02-2011 |
Politics
Dr. Do-Overnew
Oregon Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Kitzhaber’s toughest opponent may not be Chris Dudley.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
09-22-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Oregon, John Kitzhaber
A Mayor's Dozen: Sam Adams Proposes 12 Spending Hikes as the City Cuts its Budgetnew
Much ink has been spilled over Mayor Sam Adams’ budget decision to divert $20 million from Portland’s backlog of sewer-system repairs to help build new bicycle boulevards. But that’s not the only spending question facing the mayor this month.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-17-2010 |
Politics
Rumbling Elephants: A Weekend at the Beach with Oregon's Republicansnew
Among the weapons for some of the delegates and exhibitors at the Dorchester Conference were 3-inch rubber fetuses (at an Oregon Right to Life table), tales of a Mexican welfare scammer with 16 kids (at the Oregonians for Immigration Reform exhibit) and raw energy from groups such as the tea party movement.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-10-2010 |
Politics
Oba-Meh: Some Oregonians are Losing Hope in Their Presidentnew
Today, Roey Thorpe is still thoroughly behind Obama. But after a year of incremental progress on the economy, heavy compromises on healthcare reform and escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Thorpe hears from Democrats who are losing hope.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-20-2010 |
Commentary
Odd Dynamics in Prez Race Could Decide Debate Over Columbia River Crossingnew
Metro’s role in transportation and land-use planning often puts it at the intersection of jobs and the environment. That conflict is most obvious in two issues recently dominating the council’s agenda, and they will be key issues in the three-way campaign for president.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
01-13-2010 |
Politics
Could the Upcoming Census Give Oregon Another Seat in Congress?new
Election Data Services says that makes Oregon one of at least seven states poised to add another seat after the decennial count. But Oregon is not alone -- every state faces the 2010 census and is trying to maximize its own count.
Willamette Week |
Sasha Ingber |
11-04-2009 |
Politics
Should Portland Mayor Sam Adams Stay or Should He Go?new
Are any big-name Portlanders besides Tom Potter's wife signing the recall petition? We ask Beau Breedlove and many others.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
08-12-2009 |
Politics
Ron Wyden Disappoints by Recommending Five Straight White Males for judgenew
Wyden ticked off the nearly 1,400 members of Oregon Women Lawyers as well as the state's gay, lesbian and African-American legal eagles last week when he and fellow Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley recommended five straight, white, male lawyers for two open federal judgeships, which are generally regarded as the choicest judicial appointments in the legal profession because they carry lifetime tenure and pay $174,000 annually.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
07-22-2009 |
Politics
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden Defends His Health Plannew
Wyden has taken a lot of heat over his proposal to resolve the health care crisis from unions and others on the left, who want a public option in any reform. But Wyden's Healthy Americans Act focuses instead on blowing up the link between health insurance and employment. The bill would give workers their health benefits in the form of a pay raise (along with a tax cut for most on that pay increase), making them responsible for going out and buying their own insurance.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern and Mark Zusman |
07-08-2009 |
Politics
