It appears a wealthy, prominent Oregon family wants the grave site where another family buried its son and is fighting a highly unusual court battle for the burial plot under a pseudonym. wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

A preschool threatens to sue Multnomah County over the deflection center. wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

The state’s effort to slow health care industry consolidation is frustrating industry executives. By Lucas Manfield wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

The Oregon Rebate (Measure 118) promised $750 for each Oregonian from corporate tax hike but after new state analysis, the campaign now promises $1,600 per person. The watchdog group Tax Fairness Oregon says M118 is "a hot mess." wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

Signs placed at the moribund Ross Island Sand & Gravel concrete plant at the entrance to the Springwater Corridor Aug. 11 urged Bob Pamplin to clean up the mess his company created. Monday am, the signs were gone and a couple of RISG trucks were on site. wweek.com/news/city/2024…

Six groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Aug. 9 seeking to block a marquee project on the Oregon Department of Transportation’s wish list—the expansion of Interstate 5 at the Rose Quarter. wweek.com/news/2024/08/1…

Legislative leadership in both major parties—and the Oregon Education Association, the statewide teachers' union—tell WW they oppose Measure 118, the $1,600 per person Oregon Rebate. wweek.com/news/2024/08/1…

The co-founders of the largest private provider of caregivers in the state is facing fraud charges. The company, Rever Grand, gets over $100 million from the state annually. Its co-founder, Raymond Parenteau, has had similar run-ins with the law before. wweek.com/news/health/20…

reports.A city of Portland hearings officer greenlighted a proposed Live Nation music venue in the central eastside today, to the dismay of MusicPortland and Willamette Riverkeeper@AnthonyEffPDX reports. wweek.com/news/2024/08/1…

Now that crime rates in Portland are declining, officials can focus their efforts on the real scourge of city streets: unlicensed hot dog vendors working outside venues that sell really expensive hot dogs, Sophie Peel reports. wweek.com/news/county/20…

Opinion: From Bob Sallinger and Mike Houck. Time to set things right at Ross Island oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/0…

The Oregon Health Authority has launched an investigation into the unlicensed sober living center in the Wilkes neighborhood that was featured last week in WW. wweek.com/news/health/20…

The campaign opposing Measure 118, a new 3% gross receipts tax on Oregon sales above $25 million that would yield a $1,600 check for every Oregonian, disclosed a giant fundraising haul today: $5.8 million. wweek.com/news/2024/08/1…

The left-leaning Oregon Center for Public Policy likes guaranteed basic income for low-income Oregonians and higher corporate taxes—but OCPP says No on Measure 118 the $1,600 per person Oregon Rebate. wweek.com/news/state/202…

Window into a highway mega-project: ODOT spent $2.7 million on a consultant to sell a $1.9 billion freeway project to Portland's Black community. Meanwhile that consultant picked a fight with the city's largest Black civil rights organization. wweek.com/news/2024/09/0…

A new lawsuit filed against Sortis Holdings says the Portland hospitality-brands company hasn't paid rent on its on its headquarters since November. NigelJaquiss reports. wweek.com/news/2024/09/0…

Four Portland City Council candidates agreed to swap donations with one another in order to get closer to qualifying for matching taxpayer dollars. Expert officials say that likely violates state law. wweek.com/news/2024/09/0…

Eww. Not what Portland Small Donor Elections small donor elections is for. Ok for voters to support multiple candidates, not ok for candidates to trade contributions or contributors

Among them, a highly competitive west side candidate w/ scores of endorsements & who had already hit the donor match threshold: "Anyone willing to help me get to the next threshold by giving $5 gets $5 from me. If you can rassle a second $5 my campaign manager will chip in too.”