Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, a Democrat, announced late Thursday that she will join California in suing the Bush Administration over tailpipe emission standards. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski...
What's in a name? For one, the formerly elegant "Katrina" has been purged from those names-for-your-baby books (and "Pete," alas, is reserved exclusively for three-legged dogs). That's what's in a...
Darius Rejali, a professor of political science at Portland's Reed College, has a new book out, Torture and Democracy. His disturbing thesis is that democracies, not dictators, have done the real...
Just got a note from Gov. Chris Gregoire's new press secretary, Aaron Toso. On Saturday, the governor asked that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expand disaster assistance to individuals in...
The Oregonian is running a fascinating story about fallout from the feds' June raid of Portland's Fresh Del Monte Produce plant, which arrested 167 people in a sweep targeting illegal workers.
