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Normal 0 The Portland City Council today approved a measure that may allow the city of Portland to maintain its open water reservoirs for another twenty five years. The measure follows the lead of the city of New York, which, like Portland, has a pristine water source and ... Read more

Normal 0 The Oregon legislature convened today for a one-month special session to address the state’s three hundred million dollar budget deficit. Occupy Wall Street activists from around the state marked the occasion by gathering at the State Capitol in Salem for a day of... Read more

Normal 0 The effort to unionize the University of Oregon’s faculty is gaining momentum. Proponents have begun passing out cards for supporters to sign as they seek endorsements from faculty members not yet involved in the push for unionization.  The faculty need to colle... Read more

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Normal 0 The city of Portland Bureaus submitted their requested budgets for the next fiscal year to City Council. These budget proposals to reflect deep cuts to services that will cause up 80 layoffs in the bureau of transportation and the Parks Department. In r... Read more

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  During a GOP presidential debate, former senator Rick Santorum spoke on escalating violence in Honduras, calling the U.S.’s actions in supporting the current regime, ‘abysmal’ .   Alex Main, senior associate for international policy with the Center For Economic and pol... Read more

New guidelines for managing national forests will soon go into effect, including the thirteen national forests in Oregon.The update gives bigger roles to conservation and recreation, while still allowing large-scale timber harvests. In collaboration with the Oregon news ... Read more

A coalition of local peace groups has proposed a resolution to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to “Bring the War Dollars Home”. The group recently succeeded in passing a resolution at the Portland City Council, and say they hope the Countywide effort will make a... Read more

Ever since the EPA passed the Clean Water Act regulation known as LT2, Portland has been struggling with compliance. The Portland Water Bureau is working on a fast-track compliance time line while citizen and business groups are calling for a more wait-and-see attitude. At... Read more