Shannon Singleton Wins Multnomah County Chair Seat
Shannon Singleton on Thursday night declared victory in the Multnomah County Chair contest, one of this fallβs fieriest local elections.
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Oregon Gov. Kotek says data center rules, universal preschool among priorities for next 4 years
Following her reelection Tuesday Kotek said she wants action from the Oregon Legislature in the first few months of 2027 and will βbe on top…
Read full article βWhat Weβre Cooking This Week: Harissa
The North African chile sauce makes just about everything more delicious.
Read full article βCarla Rossi Is Not Dead, at Least Not in Anthony Hudsonβs New Book
βLamp Back: Plays and Other Grievancesβ collects a decade of the Portland artistβs work, and that of his drag clown alter ego.
Read full article βPPS Superintendent Used Signal to Communicate About District Business
Screenshots reviewed by WW show district leaders, including Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong, engaged in various conversations on the encrypted platform Signal for nearly a year.
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Oregon, three other state AGs sue over Trumpβs Medicaid work requirements
Four Democratic state attorneys generals are suing the Trump administration over its plan to enact work requirements for people enrolled in Medicaid beginning in 2027.Β …
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Commentary: Protecting youth from social media risks canβt stop with Meta
For years, Oregon families, educators and youth-serving organizations have wrestled with a difficult question: How do we help young people benefit from technology without allowing…
Read full article βSo Long to Old Pal Restaurant in Sunnyside
The bistro has been on Southeast Morrison Street since 2022.
Read full article βOregon Sues In Last-Ditch Effort to Prevent Medicaid Work Requirements From Going Into Effect
Hundreds of thousands of Oregon Health Plan members are set to face new work requirements as a key provision of a new federal law kicks…
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Amid blue wave, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek won a swift reelection. Was the mandate in her favor?
Joined by her wife, her closest aides and allies and the Democratic party apparatus that buoyed her to reelection Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek offered…
Read full article β20 Years of Eating, Drinking and Living on the Gentrifying Dekum Triangle
What does it mean to build a business for a neighborhood, and what does it mean to build one that turns the neighborhood into a…
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Oregon voters on Tuesday passed most local fire, school funding proposals
Just one school bond measure of nine failed and three of 16 fire funding proposals failed to pass on Nov. 3, among more than 80…
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Oregonians can comment Nov. 10 on PGEβs proposed rate increase
Oregonians can tell state regulators Nov. 10 their thoughts on the stateβs largest utilityβs latest efforts to raise their electricity bills for an eighth year…
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Bookstore owned Oregon Sen. Wydenβs wife to pay nearly $1.5M after wrongly receiving pandemic loan
The New York City-based Strand Book Store, owned by the wife of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, has agreed to pay the federal government nearly…
Read full article βUnion Calls for Outside Investigation Into Prosper Portland Executive Directorβs Contracts With Friends
The union that represents employees at Prosper Portland are requesting that Mayor Keith Wilson and the Prosper Board hire an independent investigator to look into…
Read full article βDocumentary Spotlights Richard Neuberger, Oregonβs βFirst Celebrity Candidateβ
The late U.S. Senator served from 1954 until his untimely death in 1960.
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Democrats won Congress. Now they have to figure out how to deal with Trump.
WASHINGTON β Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his…
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Young home shoppers still priced out without help, according to survey
The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get…
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Oregon missing unified data collection, complaint process for farmworkers, report says
Oregon lacks a unified system to track data and handle complaints about working conditions from farmworkers who make up the backbone of the stateβs multi-billion…
Read full article βMagazine Shop Chess Club Is Making Moves to Downtown
The niche publication retailer took a bet opening as a magazine shop in 2024. A year and a half later, itβs moving into a bigger…
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