One of the four local credit unions that we've been following in our quarterly review of their operating results is m

Word on the street is that Margaret Carter, like Steve Novick, is dropping out of the Multnomah County chair race.

For a while there, there was hope for the old federal Custom House on Broadway near the Main Post Office in Portland. The next owner for the building was going to be the International School. But now we learn that the school, seeing what it would take to bring the old structure up to snuff, has

Here's an interesting one. The Portland water bureau has given up on rehabbing the Fulton Water Pumping Station (above) on SW Nevada Street near Macadam Avenue, and is instead g

Sam Adams is at it again -- telling a totally preposterous story, hoping no one will notice how patently absurd it is. Today he's babbling that although he wants $20 million immediately diverted from the sewer bureau (a.k.a. Bureau of Environmental Services) budget to build portions of the city's quixotic bicycle plan, som

Now the City of Portland can't even give away money without hiring a middleman who takes a cut. Here's a bid solicitation by the planning bureau for a "fiscal agent" who will

"I'm way ahead. No one can beat me. Please don't make this a race where I actually have to spend the summer in Oregon. Pretty please! I've only got the h

As Jeff Cogen seeks to move from Multnomah County commissioner to county chair, four familiar names pop up to jum

The news that Ted Wheeler is going to be the new state treasurer is shocking and saddening to those of us in Multnomah County who appreciate what he has bee

There were multiple problems, but the phrase "lifestyle center mall slated for the former landfill site next to Home Depot" says it all for me.

You're going to be in greater demand than ever, very shortly.

Build a new wing on the castle.

Now the feds are pushing PERS into buying up failing banks. Sounds like a plan.

Portland's "government relations director," a guy named Dan Bates, has a new gig. He's opening a new local office for a national influ

When the real story is EPIC FAIL, but the Goldschmidt Network is involved, here is how it's reported in Portland's monopoly daily newspaper.

Hey, guess what! State Senator Rick Metsger wants to be the new state treasurer. Mildly amusing, especially in l

Here's some blue news for Portland. As bummed as I am about the state of our local government, even I don't think it's that bad.

Next month, the U.S. Treasury will unveil a new $100 bill, with new security features meant to foil sophisticated counterfeiters: The new bills will contain a Crane & Co. security feature

"Tax increment financing" is the basic premise on which all of Portland's "urban renewal" gyrations rest. Wonderful developments like SoWhat and the Pearl are supposed to cause property tax collections to rise, and after the mega-bonds that the city uses to pay for these projects are paid off, the rest of us taxpayers are

Here's a wild one. Mercedes Benz dragged its feet on a "lemon law" claim in Wisconsin, and a judge has whomped the car maker upside the head with a $482,000 damage award to the unhappy customer.

The $20 million that Portland's creepy mayor is ordering the sewer bureau to spend on bike paths this coming year isn't going to fall from the sky. As this story makes clear, the money's going to be diverted from... you know... sewer pr

If that rings a bell, you'll probably find this intellectual property

We've been giving Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund a hard time about all the press releases he issues. But our running contest between him and state Attorney General John Kr

If Portland residents aren't already under the watchful eye of local government because of these things, I'm sure we soon will be. Right out in the driveway with the electric meter, r

His dog is barking really loudly today. Sorry, Ron, you'll have to leave your home and family in New York City and spend the summer in Oregon, where you used to live. Try the local pinot gris; it's excellent.

Stephanie Stewart, the land use chair of the Mount Tabor neighborhood association and one of the opponents of disconnecting the Potland's open drinking water reservoirs, writes: I went to the PURB (Portland Utility Review Board) hearing on

While they're dismantling Portland's parks and schools, the city's politicians cry crocodile tears about how suddenly there's no money for essential services. City Commissioner Nick Fish pulled this act earlier this week, in

Readers have been asking me what I think about this week's announcement by my colleague, Jim Huffman, that he's running against Ron Wyden for the U.S. Senate. I don't blog about my workplace, and as with John Kroger's attorney general race, I'll keep this short. Jim is a staunch Republican. I can't imagine I would want h