GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.)
⢠New Research Finds No Link Between Measure 110 and Overdose Deaths
A study published this week found no evidence of a correlation between Oregon's Measure 110 and overdose deaths. Researchers note that fatal overdoses are on the rise nationally, due to fentanyl, but not because of public policy changes.
⢠POP QUIZ PDX!
See if you can correctly answer this week's sassy-ass trivia Qs about Dame's exit, sketchy police chiefs, and co-worker robots (stealing your sandwich out of the break room fridge).
Budget issues that have long plagued Portlandâs transportation bureau (PBOT) are catching up to it. Without immediate help from City Council, hundreds of jobs are at stake, as well as beloved community programming and basic maintenance operations.
⢠THE TRASH REPORT
Let's go, trash pandas! đŚ It's time to dig into the hottest gossip. This week: Striking strikers, missing jets, and Chris Pine doing hot yoga (pant, pant, pant)!
⢠Eight Fascinating Things We Learned in Poison Watersâ Drag History Class
The PCC class taught by Darcelle XV Showplace co-host Poison Waters goes back far further than her 35 years of drag performanceâwe took the class to give you a taste.
⢠Portland Police Union Settles False Information Lawsuit Brought By Former Commissioner Hardesty
Hardesty's lawsuit stemmed from 2021 leak of false information by police and the police union that erroneously implicated her in a hit-and-run crash. A settlement was reached after a judge ruled the union president's actions were not protected speech.
NYC rap duo Armand Hammer heat up Polaris Hall. Plus, PDX Pop Now! for fall, and Dame D.O.L.L.A shot a video in Portland's Rose Test Garden with Rexx Life Raj. Get your hot music news here!
⢠Oregon Cartoonist Breena Bard Draws a Climate Change Story From a Middle-School View
A new graphic novel from Oregon Book Award-winning cartoonist Breena Bard takes on climate change and shows practical ways kids can participate in activismâeven if they don't want to march.
⢠Red Door's Streamlined Evolve Experience Is Ready for the Road
This hot button theatrical production about police (and the public they interact with) is not trying to entertain. That doesn't mean it's not engrossing.
⢠Don't Miss the Next Hilarious TWO EVILS Comedy Game Show
Get your tickets NOW for the next (and hilarious) edition of TWO EVILSâthe live comedy game show! Hosted by Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy... plus super special guest KYLE KINANE! đđ
⢠SAVAGE LOVE
Should one warn their sex partner before doing poppers? Dan Savage sniffs out the truth.
WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF GOOD READIN'. I hope you didn't have any other plans this weekend! Dig in, and remember: Producing all this hard work costs moolahâso please consider contributing to the Mercury to keep it all coming! Thanks!
