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Bobby Lee Prosper Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has selected Bobby Lee, a recent Prosper Portland director, to serve as his newest chief of staff. Lee currently heads Seattle’s Office of Economic Development, a department that oversees local development projects and small business loans—Seattle’s Prosper Portland equivalent. He’s served in this position since 2019. Prior to […]

Trevor Williams / Getty images For Christel Allen, Lovejoy Surgicenter wasn’t just an abortion clinic. It was “an institution.” Lovejoy closed its doors last week after nearly 50 years of providing abortions and other reproductive care services in Portland. Allen, the executive director of reproductive rights advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, said she’ll remember the […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. Our new president, Katy Perry. screenshot Good morning, Portland! And welcome to the first full day of the […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. A rehearsal for tomorrow’s Inauguration Day was held in Washington DC over the weekend. Sarah Silbiger / Getty […]

Dentist Ryan Thrower vaccinates Ansu Drammeh against COVID-19 last month at OHSU. Earlier this week, Oregonians got some rare positive news about the COVID-19 pandemic: Due to a change in the federal government’s vaccine rollout strategy, the number of people in the state eligible to get vaccinated was increasing substantially. Specifically, K-12 teachers and all […]

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Right-wing Trump supporters, many of them armed, gathered outside the state capitol in Salem last week, as another pro-Trump group stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC. MatHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND As the director of the Portland-based racial justice and inclusive democracy organization Western States Center, it’s in Eric Ward’s job description to think about white nationalism […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. The National Guard is still providing security for the US Capitol in the wake of last week’s events. […]

Expectations versus reality. facebook screenshot & campaign photo Boomers are often guilty of being messy on Facebook—but one boomer who’s also a member of the Oregon Legislature seems to have set a new gold standard in the category. On Thursday, Oregon Speaker of the House Tina Kotek told reporters that there is reason to believe […]