Illustration: Jess Smart Smiley Chloe Eudaly is a Portland business owner and mother whose son suffered a traumatic brain injury at birth; he has chronic health problems and relies on a wheelchair. Eudaly had lived in the same five-bedroom Northwest Portland home for 18 years when, in the fall of 2006, her landlord decided to […]
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$15 Minimum Wage Advocates Submit First Round Of Signatures
Illustration by Ryan Alexander-Tanner Your turn, Rosenblum! Oregonians fighting for a $15 minimum wage today announced they’re one step closer to qualifying to have the initiative put on the November 2016 ballot: they’ve delivered their first 2,000 signatures, with representation from all 36 counties, to the state elections office. Once Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum approves […]
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Same-Sex Couples Still Can’t Get Married In Alabama
Illustration by Matty Newton Gay marriage is legal … but not in Alabama Despite Friday’s landmark U.S. Supreme court decision ending the gay marriage ban, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an order of his own banning probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples for the next 25 days. “In that 25-day […]
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Good Morning, News!: The Gays, The Poors and Racism
It’s going to be hot, again. Grossly so. Let’s go ride bikes naked! Just because it’s the best news ever, remember that the SCOTUS ruled in favor of same-sex marriages. It’s a big deal. The rest of the world thinks it’s pretty great, too. On the other hand, racism is still alive and well in […]
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Good Morning, News!: An Obamacare Ruling, An Earthquake, And All This Heat
It’s gonna get hot! When it’s this hot, the MAX trains get slower. Plan accordingly, commuters. Naked Bike Ride is coming up this weekend. It’s gonna be sweaty; here are 10 other things the O thinks you need to know about it. Taxing weed growers could lead to cheaper weed for buyers, according to at […]
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The Soft Sell
The City Can’t Require Affordable Housing. Here’s What It
Can Do
Portland can’t require developers to offer affordable housing—but here’s what it can do.
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City Council Is Voting On An Updated Climate Action Plan Today And Advocacy Groups Are Keeping Tabs
Climate Action Plan 2015 Portland City Council plans this afternoon to adopt an updated version of the Climate Action Plan, a guide to help the metro area reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050. As of 2013, the area’s reduced emissions 14 percent from their 1990 […]
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Drunk Emailers Rejoice: Gmail Announces ‘Undo Send’ Is An Official Setting
Undo Send: Best thing to ever happen to Gmail? In our world of instant electronic communication, the lovelorn, angry, and otherwise disgruntled among us have plenty of opportunities to send regrettable messages to exes, bosses, and anyone else who’s ruffled some feathers. How many times have you fired off an email, only to wish as […]
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Law Students Launch Study Into For-Hire Transportation Industry
Illustration by Mark Marcovich When Uber and Lyft showed up in Portland, lots of people were thrilled to have another for-hire transportation option. But the peer-to-peer transportation network company’s arrival highlighted a problem: unequal access for people who require wheelchair accessible vehicles. Law students at Lewis & Clark came up with the “Portland Equal Access […]
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Club Sesso is Closing: The End of Downtown Gangbangs is Nigh
Illustration by Jay Howell Happy swingers Saturday night is your last chance for a good ol’ gangbang in downtown Portland! Six years and one day after the doors opened at Ron Jeremy’s Club Sesso, owner Paul Smith says the swingers’ club will host its last event on Saturday, June 20. Club Sesso opened June 19, […]
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Good Morning, News!: Your Long Commute, Some Delicious Food, and Climate Change
Ahhhhhh, clouds You made it to Thursday! Great job, guys! It’s a crazy world sometimes, as evidenced by this story about a hate crime shooting in South Carolina that killed nine people. The shooter has been arrested. Speaking of crazy: The hunt for those two guys who broke out of a New York prison has […]
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Out of Control
Why Rent Control Could Help Portland
Arguing the case for rent control in Portland.