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CRC Rammed Through in Salem

Without naming the CRC in her prepared statement, Tina Kotek (D-North Portland) framed the boondoggle as a “jobs and economic development bill.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If your rep in Salem is a Dem and their name isn’t Lew Frederick of Portland or Carolyn Tomei of Milwaukie, she or he voted for the CRC (Columbia River Crossing) boondoogle today.

They were joined by nine silent Repubs in the 45-11 vote to burden Oregonians to pay for the ill-conceived project *engineered by the corporate 1%...

Lethal Fire in Brazil Places Tragic Emphasis on the Importance of Nightclub Safety

Many of the most deadly fires in recent years have been at nightclubs.

(PORTLAND, OR) - At least 231 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Southern Brazil Saturday night.

Taxpayer Money Sought for Oregon Convention Center Hotel

It’s happened in San Diego, Nashville, Tenn., St. Louis – the list goes on... it could happen here.

(PORTLAND NW Watchdog) - Attendance numbers are dwindling at a plethora of convention centers across the nation.

More local governments are banking on taxpayers to foot the bill to build anchor hotels in the hope that if you build it, they will come.

Portland Undocumented Families Demand that Sheriff Staton Stop Enforcing ICE Holds

Congressional representatives from both parties pledged this week to enact common sense immigration reforms that prevent family separation in 2013.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Undocumented families and allies will rally on Monday.

They're highlighting discrepancies between a growing national movement away from blanket policies to honor ICE detainers, bipartisan support for family unity, and Multnomah County Sheriff Staton’s insistence on enforcing ICE holds for minor offenders.

Marijuana: Safe for Children
Toxicologist Critiques the Critique

Dr. Leveque is a Professor of Pharmacology and a Forensic Toxicologist.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregonian newspaper has printed an extensive number of articles about marijuana as medicine.

However it continues to add false, negative comments which have no credibility in view of the fact that thousands of patients in Oregon and millions throughout the US use marijuana safely and effectively for dozens of diseases.

The Issue of Censorship in PDX

Institutional limitations and professional obligations demand unbiased and impartial reporting.

(PORTLAND, OR) - For me, censorship has never been an issue of any real importance. In my time as a writer, it has never effected me personally.

I'd never experienced the sting of being told I couldn't write about a particular topic or that I wouldn't be published, based on a topic I had chosen to explore and develop.

Cold War Relics

“ by the Truman Library’s willingness to consider that president’s decisions at the dawn of the Cold War as possibly mistaken. Maybe Henry Wallace was right after all!” - Harvey Klehr

(PORTLAND, OR) - What started as a $100M “Victims of Communism Museum,”authorized by Congress in 1993 fizzled out into a ten-foot-high replica of the Goddess of Democracy from Tienanmen [sic] Square on a traffic island in Washington, D.C.

The “The Whittaker Chambers National Historic Landmark” in Westminster, Maryland is so obscure that even the county visitor center doesn’t know where it is.

Marijuana: Shows Pure for Newspaper Schizophrenia

Congratulations to Oregonian for printing this cure.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In a word, The Oregonian has been 'BITCHY' about the entire aspect of marijuana since legalization efforts started in 1999.

They reported all bad aspects of 'REEFER MADNESS' as if they were true which they were not.

Civil Disobedience Turned Violent and Serious in Portland Saturday

Many were pepper sprayed. Critics of law enforcement violence said the aggressive tactics of police toward peaceful occupy demonstrators would lead to this...

(PORTLAND, OR) - Demonstrators from the Portland Action Lab clashed with police Saturday during the publicized 'Solidarity Against Austerity' rally and march.

Rep. Peter Buckley: We Will Get There - Vote Yes on Measure 80

We can come together to blaze a new trail away from crime and cartel violence of prohibition.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Co-Chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee for the State of Oregon, Peter Buckley explains his support for Measure 80 and discusses how legalization of cannabis and hemp will create new path for Oregon.

Oregon was the first state to allow women to vote, and Buckley likens the push for legal cannabis to that same pioneering spirit of Oregon.