Anthony Effinger writes about the intersection of government, business and non-profit organizations for Willamette Week. A ...

The most common question we receive from readers is some variation of “Why is this a story?” What follows is an answer to ...

A coalition of business interests and Oregon cities are moving toward the November 2026 ballot with an initiative that would allow cities to broadly criminalize homeless camping.

Oh, plenty of people know why we’re required to open those shades on takeoff and landing—the problem is that all their ...

Made in Old Town, the athletic shoe startup backed by a risky loan from Prosper Portland, continues to face questions about fiscal prudence.

For Christmas she wears blinking lights or a Santa Claus outfit. For New Year’s she dumps glitter in her hair and dons a ...

When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By ...

Made in Old Town, the athletic shoe startup backed by a risky loan from Prosper Portland, continues to face questions about ...

At WW, we’ve decided it’s the term of the year. In the strictest definition, a doom loop starts when remote work frees people ...

This story first appeared in the Dec. 13, 2005, edition of WW.

Everyone is here because they feel purpose in their work and, as a result, they lean in way beyond their job descriptions.

In a statement, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said the Supreme Court ruling bolstered Oregon’s case: “The ruling has ...