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Sustainable Mud Floorsnew
Portland green pioneers are unearthing an old flooring idea: dirt.
Willamette Week |
Laura Shinn |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
What, Me Buy a House?new
The process is intimidating, the terminology mind-boggling -- but here's why you should stop worrying and become your own landlord.
Willamette Week |
Chris Lydgate |
04-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
War Tax Resistancenew
Your money is paying for a bloody war -- theirs isn't.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
04-11-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Hot Gas Blues: Oregon's Joins Big Oil Revoltnew
When gas gets warm, you get less of it per gallon -- and 17 states are suing.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
04-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Death and a Salesman: Pre-need Funeral Insurancenew
A Portland insurance agent and his well-connected pals want your money now and your body later -- no strings attached.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Green Machinenew
The goal of making Oregon's utilities more environmentally friendly has got the state's largest electricity buyers saying Gov. Ted Kulongoski, legislators and enviros are selling out all ratepayers in an ill-conceived green-wash.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Financial Flashback from Iraqnew
An Oregon guardsman faces a $4,000 bill for missing gear.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-28-2007 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, National Guard
Taking a 'Paige' from the Bush Administrationnew
Portland Public Schools agreed to pay $4,000 to a local writer to pen good-news articles and place them in regional and national publications.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-22-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Tre Arrow Turns to Maher Ararnew
The environmental activist's effort to raise bail money for his release from a Canadian prison has taken him to Maher Arar, someone who knows about the dangers of being labeled a "terrorist."
Willamette Week |
Andrew MacLeod |
03-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Anti-Protesternew
We test the limits of Portland's tolerance by sending a reporter posed as a war supporter to last week's antiwar rally.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-22-2007 |
War
Justicia Deferrednew
Rebecca Roth, charged in connection with an international Ponzi scheme, has spent 13 months in a Mexican prison.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
USPS: Outsourcing the Mailnew
You've got mail, but it isn't always the U.S. Postal Service delivering it.
Willamette Week |
Christian Gaston |
03-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Raed Jarrar on Iraqnew
Like everyone you know, Raed Jarrar has an opinion on Iraq -- unlike most everyone else, he grew up there.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
03-15-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Temporary Insanitynew
A proposed change to Portland's city charter has drawn little notice on the May ballot but could have an outsized impact.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-14-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Happy Birthday, War!new
As the Iraq War approaches its fourth anniversary, not everybody's a loser -- here are five of Oregon's hidden winners.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-07-2007 |
War
