Top: <i>Mount Jefferson, Oregon, 1891</i>, by Myra Albert Wiggins, part of the Western photography collection at the Portland Art Museum. Bottom: <i>Arrival of the Westerners</i>, Japanese, 17th century.
Five factions are weighing in on the November ballot measure to fund light rail and highway improvements, and at this point the outcome is too close to call.
It's tough calculus, says the former state party chair, and the result isn't going to materialize overnight. But it's a way for Washington Republicans to rebuild the party from the bottom up. Second...