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The 90 Oregon lawmakers who will be gaveled into the 2017 legislative session face a difficult task after a bruising campaign season that ended in the thumping defeat of a $3 billion-a-year tax measure. Beset by rancor over Measure 97, they must frantically figure out who will lead Oregon on the two issues that observers say will matter most next year - addressing a budget shortfall that could hit $2 billion, possibly by raising new revenue, while crafting a transportation-funding package that's eluded Salem since 2015.
Thousands of protesters took their frustrations over Donald Trump's election as the next U.S. president onto the streets on Friday and into Saturday in several cities, including Portland, Oregon, where one person was shot. People try to move away from a gas cloud during a protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Portland, Oregon, U.S. REUTERS/William Gagan People gather at Portland City Hall to protest of the election of president-elect, Donald Trump, Friday.
Protesters gather in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, the third night of protests over the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump fired back on social media after demonstrators in both red and blue states hit the streets for another round of protests, showing outrage over the Republican's unexpected win.
Hundreds of Oregon voters have reported receiving robocalls in recent days questioning their voter-registration status and indicating that their ballots won't be counted unless they update their registration. The Oregon Secretary of State's office said an investigation is being launched to determine who is behind the apparent voter-suppression effort.
Why are Safeway and Albertsons spending so much to fight a tax that affects their rivals, but not them? Big retail chains are spending millions of dollars to fight Measure 97 , the ballot initiative that would establish a 2.5 percent tax on Oregon sales over $25 million to help fund education and other state services. Grocery stores are particularly active in the fight, and it's easy to understand why: They do huge volumes of sales in an industry with famously thin profit margins.
You've seen them along Northeast 82nd Avenue and lining the suburban strips of Washington County. With names like Hotties, Pussy Cats and Private Rendezvous, they advertise services from fetish fulfillment and Jell-O wrestling to rubdowns and shower shows.
A prominent scholar says that Medicare will not be saved either by vouchers backed by Republican congressional majorities or the national health-care overhaul achieved under Democratic President Barack Obama. Theodore Marmor, who is making several stops in Oregon, says the ideal of Medicare for all - universal coverage based on the 50-year-old federal program of health insurance for people 65 and older - rests on stemming medical cost increases and setting limits for medical care.
Oracle on Monday lost a key battle in its legal war with the state of Oregon when a judge threw out Oracle's claim that state officials violated the state's public records act. Oracle, one of the world's largest software companies, was paid $240 million for the troubled Cover Oregon technology project.
Chances are, if you went to school at Linfield College or Portland State University, you have a more debt than, say, someone who went to Reed College. The average student loan debt among the Class of 2015 nationally was $28,400.
An initiative on the November ballot in Oregon would send every fifth- or sixth-grade student in the state to a week-long, overnight outdoor school. Under the proposal, funded by up to four percent of the state's lottery funds, any district could apply for help setting up, running and paying for an "outdoor school" focused on scientific exploration and building life skills.
Democratic Party convention: There's been a lot of chatter about how, if I cast my ballot for the Libertarians or the Greens or anybody but Hillary Clinton, it will be all my fault when Donald Trump gets elected. If Trump wins, it will be because the Democrats rigged the process to nominate someone who is loathed by great swatches of Americans.
It's advice generations of parents have given third-graders before a first performance on a field or in a recital. Hillary Clinton gets some old advice for her historic speech: Be yourself It's advice generations of parents have given third-graders before a first performance on a field or in a recital.
A local politician is representing about 10,000 Oregonians in Philadelphia this week. Medford City Councilor Kevin Stine is attending this week's Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Bernie Sanders.
Gov. Kate Brown faced widespread criticism this week for skipping the election season's traditional kick-off debate , hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. That criticism seems to have hit home.
In thisJune 3, 2016, file frame from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon's Multnomah County Chairwoman Deborah Kafoury and Portland, Ore., Mayor Charlie Hales are calling on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to oppose oil-by-rail projects like the Tesoro-Savage terminal proposed in Vancouver, Wash., and to work for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail--a request that comes in the wake of the Mosier derailment.
The pop-up, which takes over Portland Penny Diner with a collection of tchotchkes, artwork and decorations from Paley's family once a month, will serve its classic Russian dishes with a seasonal Oregon twist on June 11, July 16 and Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. DaNet pops up at Portland Penny Diner, 410 S.W. Broadway.
TriMet buses and MAX light-rail trains pick up passengers in downtown Portland along Southwest 5th Avenue. An intrepid Imgurian - that's what people who use the image sharing site call themselves - posted something Friday that may hit close to home for folks who live in the Portland area.
A crash involving multiple vehicles, including a semi-truck, has closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 south of Woodburn Saturday morning, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported. The crash involves serious injuries, according to ODOT, and all lanes are closed to allow a LifeFlight helicopter to land.