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Portland State University Faculty Layoffs Spark Outrage
Oct 18, 2024 · Professors at Portland State University say the college is mishandling its budget, after PSU sent layoff notices to roughly 90 staffers Tuesday, October 15. More than 7 percent of the 1,200 ...
Body Camera Footage Shows Officers Firing 30 Rounds Into …
Oct 11, 2024 · Body camera footage released Thursday shows the tense moments when three Portland police officers fired a combined 30 lethal rounds at a man outside a home in the Woodlawn neighborhood last month.
Season’s Reelings: Your 2024 Holiday Movie Guide
Nov 14, 2024 · The first half of an adaptation of the musical—as well as of the 1995 novel on which the musical’s based and the Wizard of Oz writings of Frank L. Baum—Wicked has a runtime of two hours and ...
What to Expect From Portland’s New Government
Oct 16, 2024 · Portland City Council will never be the same. Literally. You probably already know that voters will soon elect an entirely new legislative body to lead the city. Come January, Portland’s 12 new ...
Meet Your Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates
Oct 23, 2024 · Updated: October 25 Under Portland's revised city charter, the mayor will serve in a largely administrative role, overseeing day-to-day operations alongside a city administrator. The mayor will be ...
Keith Wilson is Portland’s Next Mayor - Portland Mercury
Nov 6, 2024 · 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 ...
An Abridged Oral History of Seattle’s Greatest Rock Band, Pretty …
Sep 30, 2024 · Originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger. Pretty Girls Make Graves came together in 2001 like a Frankenstein’s monster built from pieces of some of the Pacific Northwest’s ...
Rent Assistance Vouchers Are Helping Dig People Out of …
Oct 11, 2024 · In Multnomah County, about 86 percent of households using RLRA vouchers have stayed in housing. The county says even those who exit back to shelter or the streets stay connected with the program ...
SAVAGE LOVE: Twinning - Portland Mercury
Nov 19, 2024 · I might be falling in love with my husband’s identical twin brother. My husband and I have been in a traditional monogamous cishet straight marriage for twelve years. It wasn’t until the last ...