AltWeeklies Wire
Somebody's Watching Younew
We live in a surveillance state. Oregonians may not realize the ways in which law enforcement can already spy on them, in at least one case to a degree unmatched in any other state.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-17-2015 |
Civil Liberties
All Stacked Up And No Place To Gonew
Psychiatric patients are being warehoused in Portland’s emergency rooms in growing numbers.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
07-18-2014 |
Health
The Enforcernew
Banks send lawyer Daniel Gordon after people who don’t pay their credit-card bills. Who is watching how he operates?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-18-2013 |
Economy
Tags: debt collection
Your Teacher Is F'dnew
The Oregon Education Association gave Gov. John Kitzhaber more than $1 million. And now he's giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-24-2011 |
Education
Elizabeth Lynn Dunham: May 12, 1961-Jan. 16, 2011new
The life and death of the woman who former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt sexually abused beginning when she was a young teen-ager.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
02-02-2011 |
Politics
Green Giantnew
How much is sustainability worth? Try $65 million in public money.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-24-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Sustainability
Dr. Do-Overnew
Oregon Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Kitzhaber’s toughest opponent may not be Chris Dudley.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
09-22-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Oregon, John Kitzhaber
Rumbling Elephants: A Weekend at the Beach with Oregon's Republicansnew
Among the weapons for some of the delegates and exhibitors at the Dorchester Conference were 3-inch rubber fetuses (at an Oregon Right to Life table), tales of a Mexican welfare scammer with 16 kids (at the Oregonians for Immigration Reform exhibit) and raw energy from groups such as the tea party movement.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-10-2010 |
Politics
Odd Dynamics in Prez Race Could Decide Debate Over Columbia River Crossingnew
Metro’s role in transportation and land-use planning often puts it at the intersection of jobs and the environment. That conflict is most obvious in two issues recently dominating the council’s agenda, and they will be key issues in the three-way campaign for president.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
01-13-2010 |
Politics
What's the Plan for Those Feel-good Light Bulbs Poisoning Portland's Water?new
If you’re feeling all environmentally conscious about buying compact fluorescent light bulbs, check yourself.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-04-2009 |
Environment
Ron Wyden Disappoints by Recommending Five Straight White Males for judgenew
Wyden ticked off the nearly 1,400 members of Oregon Women Lawyers as well as the state's gay, lesbian and African-American legal eagles last week when he and fellow Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley recommended five straight, white, male lawyers for two open federal judgeships, which are generally regarded as the choicest judicial appointments in the legal profession because they carry lifetime tenure and pay $174,000 annually.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
07-22-2009 |
Politics
Fourteen Fascinating Things from the Investigation of Portland's Mayornew
Behind the report Oregon Attorney General John Kroger released regarding the investigation of Portland Mayor Sam Adams' relationship with Beau Breedlove is an extraordinary amount of detail even the casual observer should find fascinating.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss, Beth Slovic and James Pitkin |
06-24-2009 |
Politics
How Oregon's Largest Teachers Union Helped Shape Charter Schools Billnew
Online charter school supporters have obtained emails between a lobbyist for the state's teachers union and an Oregon Department of Education staff attorney. Those emails, they say, show that the lawyer for the ostensibly neutral state agency tinkered with a bill to serve the union's interests and contradicted written instructions from Oregon State Board of Education chairman Duncan Wyse.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
06-17-2009 |
Education
Why the Two Biggest U.S. Tobacco Companies Are Fighting Each Othernew
There's a tobacco war raging in Salem, Ore. that has less to do with the reasons for past battles -- raising taxes or reducing consumption -- than it does with control of a rare industry bright spot: smokeless tobacco.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-13-2009 |
Business & Labor
Portland City Council Faces a Lot More Questions Than Answers Before Stadium Votenew
Like a long, scoreless soccer match finally heading to sudden death, Portland is on the brink of a result on Portland Beavers and Timbers owner Merritt Paulson’s proposal to bring Major League Soccer to town.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-11-2009 |
Politics
