ALACATR / GETTY IMAGES The Portland Diamond Project, a group that formed in 2017 to try to bring a Major League Baseball venue and team to Portland, won’t be buying a piece of Portland Public Schools (PPS) property. There’s still a plan in the works to bring a baseball stadium and team to Portland—as unlikely […]
Blair Stenvick
Blair Stenvick is a former news reporter and culture writer for the Portland Mercury.
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Good Morning, News: Wheeler’s Protest Ordinance Considered, Aliens Are (Maybe) Real, and Go Vote!
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. MAIA BOAKYE Happy Election Day! Procrastinators: you still have until 8 pm to turn in your ballot; here are our endorsements. If 2016 left you too vulnerable to watch election results alone, check […]
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Oregon Could Soon Be the Only State That Doesn’t Require Unanimous Jury Convictions
The exterior of the Multnomah County Justice Center. Oregon is one of just two states to allow split-jury convictions. DOUG BROWN Oregon might soon be the only state in the nation where you can be convicted of a felony without unanimous jury agreement. In most states, a jury must unanimously agree before convicting someone of […]
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The Mercury Interview: Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on Beating Measure 106
Cecile Richards spoke in support of Gov. Kate Brown’s re-election campaign, and against Measure 106, at a rally on the PCC Cascade campus Friday. BLAIR STENVICK Cecile Richards wants you to vote. “This election is as important, if not more than, the one that happened two years ago,” the former Planned Parenthood president and beloved […]
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Good Morning, News: A New MAX Line Is Coming, Portland Business Alliance Loses The Faith Leaders, and It’s Four Days Until the Midterms!
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. TRIMET It’s Friday, Nov 2, and Election Day is just four days away! If you haven’t voted yet, remember that it’s too late to mail in your ballot; find a handy ballot box […]
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The Portland Business Alliance Kicked Out Faith Leaders Wanting to Talk to Them About the Clean Energy Initiative
PORTLAND CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE Rev. Dr. Janet Parker, Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin, and Rev. E.D. Mondainé outside Portland Business Alliance offices Thursday morning. On Thursday morning, three Portland faith leaders paid a visit to the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) to deliver a letter signed by 25 of their colleagues, urging the alliance to stop opposing the […]
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Patrick Kimmons’ Autopsy Report Released After Grand Jury Finds No Police Fault
BLAIR STENVICK Late Wednesday afternoon, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner released the autopsy report for Patrick Kimmons, who died last month after being shot by two Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers. The report was released just hours after a Multnomah County Grand Jury found that the officers were not at fault for Kimmons’ death. Police […]
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Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards Is Coming to Portland
Cecile Richards will speak at two events in Portland this Friday, Nov. 2. CINDY ORD/GETTY IMAGES Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, is coming to Portland this Friday to support Gov. Kate Brown’s re-election bid. Richards has made a name for herself fighting policy that restricts reproductive rights. You might remember her from a […]
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Man Charged With Hitting Protesters With His Truck
BLAIR STENVICK Update, 4/4/2019: As the Oregonian reported, the charges against Mark Dickerson were dismissed by a judge in March. Original Story: A man drove his car into a group of demonstrators this afternoon who had gathered downtown to protest a Multnomah County grand jury’s decision to clear Portland police of any criminal charges for […]
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Oregon’s Early Voter Turnout Is Historically High
CSA IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES The midterm election is less than a week away, and voter turnout in Oregon is up by 124,056 ballots compared to this time in the last midterm election. According to a news release from Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson’s office, the ballot tally at the end of yesterday, Tuesday […]
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Oregon Police Have (Finally) Finished Testing the Backlog of Over 5,000 Rape Kits
Oregon just became one of the first states in the country to clear its backlog of rape kits. BONNIEJ / GETTY The Oregon State Police announced this morning that it had finished processing a backlog of more than 5,000 SAFE kits—that stands for Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence kits, otherwise known as rape kits—thanks to a […]
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PSU Students and Faculty Skeptical of Security Consultant Hired in Wake of Campus Shooting
Students at Portland State University occupied the steps outside the Campus Public Safety Office in September. ANDREW JANKOWSKI Steven Healy, the CEO of private campus security consultant Margolis Healy, opened Tuesday afternoon’s listening session at Portland State University (PSU) by offering his condolences to the community. “Obviously, we are here because of Mr. Washington’s death […]