“I don’t believe in writing a blank check, and I don’t believe in accepting the status quo when it comes to delivering for our students,” Kotek said at a Monday press conference. “Oregon students ...

A nascent effort to bring lobbying rules to Multnomah County will go public on March 11, when Commissioners Julia Brim-Edwards and Shannon Singleton bring a draft ordinance describing registration and ...

The committee will include 10 to 15 members who operate schools participating in the county’s universal preschool program, county spokeswoman Julie Sullivan-Springhetti says. The group will focus ...

The FBI says a Salem man twice damaged a Tesla dealership in Oregon’s capital city: first by throwing a Molotov cocktail ...

In December, the governor ordered state agencies to use union labor for construction contracts. Contractor groups objected.

I am writing in response to “The Big Number: $8.7 Million” [ WW, Feb. 26 ]. The article states that the Oregon Education Association supports Senate Bill 916, which would pay workers on strike ...

According to legend, the Richmonds came to town from California in early 1995 on a murderous mission. Their target was 18-year-old Anthony Branch Jr., one of Portland’s most notorious gang criminals. ...

Two candidates have publicly launched their May 2025 campaigns for the seat. They are Stephanie Engelsman, a career public defender at Youth, Rights & Justice, a children and family law firm; and Rob ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners plans to vote Thursday on a resolution to take $15 million in unspent money from Metro’s supportive housing services tax and pass it along to the city of ...

State prosecutors have charged newly seated Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside with eight counts of felony theft, saying she forged the signature of a state lawmaker and defrauded an ...

Block 216 has ground-floor retail, five floors of office space, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Ritz-Carlton Residences. Ready Capital acquired the Block 216 loan in March 2022, when it bought Mosaic Real ...