Michael Getlin BLAIR STENVICK Oregon has too much pot. To be specific: According to a recent report from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), the state’s legal cannabis inventory system currently has enough cannabis to last us six and a half years. There’s some debate among those in the industry as to whether that estimate […]
Blair Stenvick
Blair Stenvick is a former news reporter and culture writer for the Portland Mercury.
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City Employee With Alt-Right Ties Made Coworkers Feel “Unwelcome and Fearful”
CITY OF PORTLAND A high-ranking employee at Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) with ties to the far-right Vancouver, Washington group Patriot Prayer has a history of making city employees feel threatened and uncomfortable, according to city records obtained by the Mercury. Gregory Isaacson is an Analyst II—a managerial title—at PP&R, and has worked there since […]
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Multnomah County Pays $100,000 to Settle Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
DOUG BROWN Multnomah County will pay a $100,000 settlement agreement to a former employee who sued the county for racial discrimination and retaliation in January. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved the settlement at its Thursday morning meeting. The lawsuit was filed by Karimah Guion-Pledgure, who worked for the county since 2011 as a […]
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Good Morning, News: It’s Mueller Time, Democrats Heart Fox News, and Prison Continues to Be Hell
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Uh, yeah, we’ve got some questions. Win McNamee / Getty Images Good morning, Portland! Take one last bite of $2 pizza and get to scrolling, because… Here are the headlines! The Most Important […]
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What Can Louisiana Teach Oregonians About Banning Split-Jury Convictions?
GETTY IMAGES When recent Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Mustian visited Portland for a story last year, the issue of split-jury convictions wasn’t on most Oregonians’ radar. Mustian was reporting for Louisiana daily newspaper The Advocate about an unusual distinction Louisiana and Oregon shared at the time: They were the only two states in the country […]
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TriMet Introduces Portland’s First Electric Bus
BLAIR STENVICK TriMet has started operating its first completely electric bus, marking a major step forward in the transit agency’s push to have a full non-diesel bus fleet by 2040. Officials from TriMet and Portland General Electric (PGE) unveiled the two electric buses, or “e-buses,” Tuesday morning outside TriMet’s operating facility in Beaverton. PGE will […]
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The Portland Arts Tax Is Due Today—Here’s How Your $35 Will Be Spent
GETTY IMAGES Today is Tax Day, the date by which you should have held your nose, swallowed your pride, and filed your tax return with the federal government—knowing full well that far too much of your taxes will fund the military, and far too little of them will fund education, housing, transportation, et cetera. But […]
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Good Morning, News: Buttigieg Makes It Official, Justice Eludes Portland Protestor, and Shrill Gets a Second Season
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Scott Olson / Getty Images Good morning, Portland! We had some victories this weekend: a victory of hoops, and a victory of thrones. Thanks for playing, everyone! Here are the headlines. President Pete? […]
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Multnomah County Dems Call for Peter Courtney to Resign as Senate President
Ami Fox, a precinct committee person with the Multnomah County Democrats, speaks in favor of a resolution calling for Sen Peter Courtney to step down as senate president. BLAIR STENVICK The Multnomah County Democrats (MCD) have passed a resolution calling for state Sen Peter Courtney to step down from his role as senate president, on […]
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Good Morning, News: Wikileakage, Bonamici Grills DeVos on Trans Rights, and Understanding Portland’s Residential Infill Housing Plan
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. LISA LAKE / GETTY IMAGES Good morning, Portland! I’m afraid I don’t have the funds to put up a billboard telling you I love you—this website is all I have—but I do love […]
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A New State Bill Could Determine the Future of Oregon’s Pot Industry
Oregon has too much pot. To be specific: According to a recent report from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), the state’s legal cannabis inventory system currently has enough cannabis to last us six and a half years. There’s some debate among those in the industry as to whether that estimate is accurate, but there’s […]
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Bigger, Bendable Buses Are Coming to Division Street
TRIMET Buses: you know, they’re like Lyfts, but bigger and with even more strangers. And Portland is about to get some even bigger buses than we’ve ever had before, thanks to a $87.4 million grant from the US Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. The grant will help fund a TriMet project that will connect downtown […]