This week, 24 Oregonians from all walks of life are meeting to try and make the initiative process a little more fair.
As special interest groups and big money continue to play a prominent role in the initiative process, the Citizens Initiative Review will attempt to cut through the propaganda to craft a truly nonpartisan, unbiased opinion of what kind of impact a yes or no vote will have, according to project organizer Tyrone Reitman.

A respected former administrator in Seattle's Highline School District has filed a discrimination lawsuit after his demoting following allegations of wrongdoing by another district employee

Williams Street Market sells everything you'd expect from a convenience store. And because business owner Tamarat Alemu has roots in Ethiopia, you can also buy traditional Ethiopian bread, gluten-free Teff flour and raw coffee beans to roast at home – for about $6 a pound.

It's not easy for small business owners to tap the loans they need to fix problems or grow to the next level. Because the hard truth is: the less money you are making, the less you will be able to borrow from a bank.

No one really knows how big the human sex trafficking problem is in Portland.
But everyone involved agrees on one thing. Girls and women who want to leave the sex trade often have no safe place to go.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- If Scott Sloan felt any regret as he watched the last of two remaining Liberty Ships cut into scrap, he concealed it well.
The expression on his face looked more like pure relief.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Jails in rural Oregon have high numbers of female inmates, and the glut is presenting challenges for many sheriffs who don't have enough room to house them.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The state Education Department reports modest improvements for Oregon high schools and middle schools in measurements taken because of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law.

Former Portland Trail Blazer Brian Grant is concluding a two-day fund-raising event for Parkinson's research Monday, Aug. 2 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore.

The R.E.A.L. Prep Charter Academy – which recently changed their name from the High School of Recording Arts Portland – is set to open in the fall of 2011 and will be offering a public high school education with a curriculum centered on career training in the entertainment industry