By TIM FOUGHT
Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Attorney General John Kroger says he'll review Oregon's open government laws to see whether they're' [...]
I'm alive this morning and healthy. But if I die at work from something completely unexpected, that could be bad.
The above might as well become the headline for tomorrow based on the headline and...
Yesterday, President Obama detailed his plan for troop increases for Afghanistan. The Oregonian's Charlie Pope pulled together the responses from Oregon's congressional delegation. Here's some excerpts:
Sen. Ron Wyden – D
“I am skeptical that committing tens of thousands of additional men and women -- and billions of additional tax dollars [...]The Oregonian has a nice little story about how workers’ compensation insurance costs are going up 7.6 percent on average in Washington next year. Meanwhile, the pure premium rate (the rate set by the state of Oregon that insurers use to calculate premiums) in Oregon will drop 1.3 percent [...]
Talk about un-compassionate conservatism.
A front-page story in today's Salem Statesman Journal reports that the group opposing modest increases in taxes on Oregon corporations and high-income individuals is blissfully unconcerned about...
Prisoners being released, teachers being fired, in-home care for seniors being slashed, newly hired state troopers being laid off, [...]
Sunday's New York Times has another in a long series of winning columns by Oregon's own Nick Kristof, this time on the subject of health care. Kristof's work for NYT is often a feature-political hybrid, attempting to take serious and weighty matters and express them through tales of the [...]
Look who ended up on the front page of this morning's Oregonian: Chuck Sheketoff. The profile, by Oregonian political reporter Jeff Mapes, is rich with info. It details Chuck's personal background and his long battle for economic justice at the Oregon Center for Public Policy. And mostly, it [...]
By Oregonians for Food and Shelter
There will be some new faces in Salem when the February “special session” convenes. Senator Margaret Carter resigned to take a newly created post as Deputy Director at the Department of Human Services. She has been replaced by former Representative [...]
Oregon Faith Report asked readers, “Who do you think could use some extra thankfulness from fellow Oregonians this Thanksgiving?” Survey results showed almost half felt the greatest recipients should be soldiers. No one placed a vote for volunteers, but in many cases volunteers are among all [...]
Anna Griffin gets it right in The Oregonian:
A bit of friendly advice to the fine men and women of the Portland Police Bureau:In an Oregonian guest opinion today, Blue Oregon contributor Jesse Cornett urges police union members to reject the no-confidence measure targeted at Commissioner Saltzman and Chief Sizer:
This week, your union executive board is asking you to take a vote of no confidence on Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Commissioner [...]
Oregonian, Emily Somers created and directed this fantastic breast cancer awareness fundraiser video called the Pink Glove Dance. Medline features these pink gloves so that health care providers can show their support and Medline itself donates portions of each box sold to breast cancer awareness. The video is an additional [...]
The Sunday Oregonian featured a story comparing two businesses and their different views of Measures 66 and 67. Paloma Clothing’s owner Mike Roach said he supports the measures. The other business owner, Bess Wills of Gresham Ford, said that the new minimum tax will [...]
Steve Duin outlines the litany of recent complaints about the Portland Police Bureau in an article for The Oregonian:
In the brutal chain of personalities and events that have licensed Portland police to turn a beanbag shotgun on a 12-year-old girl, the aloof commissioner, absentee mayor and anything-goes police chief aren't' [...]
Here's a great video clip of a pack of wolves majestically moving up a mountain in eastern Oregon. 
