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POP QUIZ PDX: Grave Robbers, Sex Scandals, and Your Mom Has Some OPINIONS About Thanksgiving Dinner!

See how well YOU score on this week’s super fun trivia quiz!
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HOWDY THERE, SMARTY BUTT! It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And in this edition, we’re testing your knowledge on a variety of topics including local grave robbers, scandalous sex scandals, and… oh. Your mom called and she […]

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Good Morning, News: Dems Win Oregon Supermajority, Cleaning Up Ross Island, and How to Respond to Idiot Relatives 🦃

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and […]

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Unionized New Seasons Workers to Strike on Wednesday Before Thanksgiving

The New Seasons Labor Union has been in contract negotiations with the company for almost two years. Workers want customers to boycott the company until an agreement is reached.
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New Seasons workers at 11 unionized stores in Portland and Beaverton plan to walk off the job on Wednesday, November 27, for a one-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. Union members say they scheduled the strike for the day before Thanksgiving—one of the busiest shopping days of the year—to exert their leverage amid lagging labor […]

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Good Morning, News: New Seasons’ Pre-Thanksgiving Strike, Beware Busy Holiday Travel, and Will Dipshit Elon Musk Buy MSNBC?

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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Good Morning, News: Feds to Pay Portland Protester, Weird Stink Mystery Solved, and Trump’s Cabinet of Sexual Abusers

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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Multnomah County Chair Defends Herself Against Former Employee’s Lawsuit

A former employee alleges retaliation for blowing the whistle on potential records law violations among staff in Jessica Vega Pederson’s office.
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Updated: Nov. 20. This story has been updated with additional input from the county clarifying its investigation into alleged unlawful workplace behavior. Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is defending what she calls limited and “rare” use of private email channels to conduct county business. The remarks came in a newsletter from the county chair’s […]

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Good Morning, News: Last Chance to Sound Off on I-5 Bridge, Gonzalez’s Latest Campaign Finance Violation, and a Monday Morning Mini-Rant! 📣

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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Good Morning, News: The Onion Buys Infowars, Trump Nominates Alleged Sex Trafficker, and This Just In: I’m a Bitch.

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

Posted inOpinion

Portland’s Ranked Choice Voting Was a Success (Despite What the Oregonian Claims)

The newspaper asserts that Ranked Choice Voting “cratered” voter engagement. That’s bullshit.
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Starting in January 2025, Portland will have the most diverse, and politically balanced City Council in the history of our city. Full stop. The reason why we’re able to celebrate this indisputable fact is thanks to charter reform and ranked choice voting, which allowed citizens from every demographic and Portland neighborhood the opportunity to serve […]

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City Council Urged to Postpone Vote on Controversial Downtown Service District Contract

Citing ethical issues and potential conflicts of interest, advocates want the city to halt a no-bid contract renewal that would funnel millions to the Portland Metro Chamber.
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For years, Portland has collected fees from property owners in enhanced service districts to pay for added cleaning and security services in designated areas. The districts are typically concentrated around businesses, offering private security, extra policing, janitorial services, and more recently, removal of homeless camps.  Some stakeholders say the city has yet to confront the […]

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Friday Election Results: Bynum Flips US House Seat Blue; Close Race in Portland City Council District 4

Portland will have the most racially diverse City Council the city has ever seen, with a progressive majority.
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A fourth round of preliminary election results was released Friday, showing little to no changes in presumptive winners. That means Portlanders now have a clear idea of what the city’s future leadership will be, come January. Portland City Council is likely to have a progressive majority and for the first time, and a roughly 40 […]

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Keith Wilson is Portland’s Next Mayor

Portland’s City Council races are still being tallied, but preliminary results have held firm since Tuesday night.
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Multnomah County has released its second round of preliminary results for the Portland mayor and City Council races, adding roughly 47,000 more citywide votes to the election night count. The results are essentially the same as Tuesday’s report, with all leading candidates maintaining their standing from the county’s election night tally.  Still, the county hasn’t […]

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