Blake Benard

The governor says the proposal to write nearly every Oregonian a $750 check would “punch a huge hole in the state budget.”

The mayor’s office appears to have misunderstood what the term “open booking” meant.

In other news: Mayor lambasts sheriff over jail booking tiff.

The opposition comes even as the per capita check from the Oregon Rebate has grown to $1,600.

Issuing budget guidance in August is unusual, hinting at the severity of the upcoming year’s finances.

He needs 750 individual donors. His campaign thinks he has 754, but they won’t know until Wednesday.

The noted Kansas City Chiefs fan follows his former boss out the door.

Washington County is trying to convince a federal judge in Portland to throw the case out.

Records Show Rene Gonzalez Frequently Ticketed for Speeding, Often Failed to Show up in Court and Twice Had License Suspended

Three of the five incumbents on the Portland City Council want another four years in City Hall—this time as mayor. Commissioners Rene Gonzalez, Mingus Mapps and Carmen Rubio are all vying to oversee a paradigm shift in Portland government, featuring the debut of 12 city councilors and an appointed city administrator.