COSMONAUT / GETTY IMAGES Two months ago, Portland economic analysts were predicting record revenue highs for the city’s upcoming 2020-2021 fiscal year. With the city’s business licensing tax raking in more funds than expected—and Mayor Ted Wheeler suggesting zero budget cuts to city bureaus—city commissioners were prepared for a relatively painless budget process. That was […]
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How to Find a Good Online Therapist
SDI Productions Many of us are currently living through the most challenging, emotionally taxing time of our lives. There’s no shame in admitting that we need help—and luckily for us, there are people out there ready to give it. If you’re currently feeling like you’re at the end of your rope, and thinking about hurting […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: County GOP Chooses $$$ Over Lives, New State Testing Advisories, and Trump Uses COVID to Be More Racist
Oregon Health Authority prioritizes testing for frontline workers and impacted communities. Win McNamee/Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • WHEREAS the Multnomah County GOP reveals a crippling addiction to using the word “whereas” […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues April 21
Middleditch & SchwartzGet ready for an evening of wild-yet-intimate improv comedy with Jean Ralphio from Parks and Recreation and Richard Hendricks from Silicon Valley—except they won’t be playing those characters because that was TV and this is real life. IRL, Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch are maybe even funnier than their fictional counterparts! These two […]
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Multnomah County GOP Accuses Gov. Brown of “Tyranny” for COVID-19 Closures
Motoya Nakamura / Multnomah County The Multnomah County Republican Party passed a resolution Monday chiding Gov. Kate Brown for ordering business and school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document accuses Brown of prioritizing human life over economic stability. “Whereas the risk to public health from COVID-19 may never fully be eliminated,” the resolution reads, […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Elections During COVID-19, Some States Are Reopening, and Trump Threatens to Suspend Immigration
We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury. MULTNOMAH COUNTY Good morning, Portland! We start today’s Good Morning, News with a message from our very own Multnomah County Republicans, whom I would be terrified of […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: A Roundup of Funny Stuff to Cheer Your Butt Up!
Small Child Tragically Buried Alive in “Puppy-lanche.” Twitter Screen Shot Dear Your Butt: Are you SAD? Do you need some help cheering up? Well, your butt: Have we got the thing for you! It’s the Mercury Cheer Up Club featuring the funniest things from today’s internet! No… no need to thank us, your butt! (In […]
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“We’re Campaigning in the Dark”: How COVID-19 Will Impact Portland’s Primary Election
Motoya Nakamura / Multnomah County For candidates running for office in Portland, the months leading up to a primary election are traditionally spent chatting with donors at house parties, knocking on undecided voters’ doors, and holding attention-grabbing campaign rallies. But with the threat of COVD-19 prohibiting unnecessary gatherings—let alone hand shaking and baby kissing—the campaign […]
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Guest Editorial: Opening Hotels to the Homeless Could Prevent Further COVID-19 Tragedy
Portland’s Jupiter Hotel has made 81 rooms available for houseless Portlanders showing symptoms of COVID-19. Alex Zielinski [The following is an editorial opinion piece written by Rachel Lockard and Kelsey C. Priest, medical students at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Here they present an argument in favor of opening hotels to the homeless during […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Protesters Flirt with Death, Trump’s Testing Failure, and Women Leaders Will Save the World
Trump supporters endanger themselves and the country by protesting social distancing orders. Jamie Squire / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon’s total number of COVID-19 cases is 1,986 […]
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Where to Find Portland Cannabis Dispensaries… That Deliver!
Good food from great chefs isn’t the only thing you can get delivered to your door while hunkered down during the coronavirus crisis. In fact, one of the best ways to take the edge off these increasingly fraught and heady times is a Northwest tradition: enjoying a smoky treat (or two.) CLICK HEREfor a list […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon April 20
SPLIFF Film FestIf you’ve never experienced the mind-altering fun of SPLIFF (from the crazy, creative minds behind HUMP! and SLAY) you are in for such a treat. This year you can expect 22 brand new wildly entertaining weed-inspired shorts (all 4:20 or less… of course) featuring funny psychedelic trip-outs, stoned flying cats, side-splitting animation, aggressive […]