While banks around the nation are getting stingier about loaning money – a trend that's led to a catastrophic drop in the homeownership this summer — the Portland Housing Center just won $750,000 to continue building on its record number of clients turned into first time homebuyers this year.

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's trip to Northeast Portland Aug. 5 featured a VIP-studded press tour of a Stimulus Act-funded housing weatherization pilot program. During her visit to inspect the project, Pelosi was joined by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Mayor Sam Adams, and a host of North and Northeast Portland businesspeople — all celebrating the Portland program's launch as well as a new $20 million federal grant to take the effort statewide over the coming year.

During a disaster, saving lives often depends on how well communities have planned and built partnerships in advance.

Newly-elected Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner sat down with The Skanner News last week to answer questions about his priorities in office and to sketch out big issues in the labor negotiations between the union and the city.

Divorced Spouses. Adult children. Family members who have moved out of the house.
For these reasons and more, the state of Washington has removed 6,200 dependents of public employees from health insurance rolls who they found to no longer be eligible for coverage

When Shataria Wells and Bobbie Greene first got selected for the Citizens Initiative Review, they both said they would vote for Measure 73, a law that would create mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain repeat sex offenses and drunk driving convictions.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patty Murray moved a step closer toward a fourth term Tuesday by advancing past the primary in a race that could be pivotal in the battle for control of the Senate.

What if small business owners could find a way to become greener and more sustainable – and, at the same time, cut down their costs? If this looks like an offer you can't refuse, take a look at Portland Development Commission's Green Features Grants program.

Former state Sen. Margaret Carter held her annual community picnic on Aug. 14 in Northeast Portland, with visits from many notable community leaders – including the two men vying for the state's top job ...

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.