Phil Knight contributes $500,000 to Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler →
Phil Knight continues to express his frustration with Oregon Democrats.
Read MoreContributions Show Sen. Rod Monroe Intends to Fight For His Seat
The power of incumbency.
Read MoreOregon Gov. Kate Brown’s Veto Punishes Republican: No Pork for You →
How the sausage is made.
Read MoreOregon Department of Justice Rejects Teachers’ Union Ballot Measure →
OEA's proposed ballot measure pretty clearly ran afoul of the single-subject rule.
Read MoreBend’s Buehler running for governor →
This will be an interesting primary and general election to watch.
Read MoreAdviser to Portland Mayor Mulls Bid for Senate Seat, Calls on Sen. Rod Monroe to Drop Out of Race →
The race in SD 24 continues to heat up.
Read MoreFormer Rep. Shemia Fagan Will Challenge Oregon Sen. Rod Monroe →
This could be a race to watch next year.
Read MorePeter Courtney, Oregon Senate president and state's most-tenured lawmaker, mulls retirement →
Oregon government would (somehow) become even more liberal if Courtney decided to retire.
Read MoreIf You Run Digital Ads in Oregon, This Announcement Will Impact You →
A seemingly small change with a big impact.
Read More2018 Republican Governor Primary Poll Results →
I learned a lot from this great project. Thank you to everyone who helped me put it together.
Read MoreRep. Huffman will not run again →
I had been hearing this for a while. It's now official.
Read MoreBrad Avakian, Oregon labor bureau chief, will not seek re-election →
Not an unexpected move but it's still strange to see a candidate so loved by the far left retiring on such a low note.
Read MoreWillamette Week Ranks Portland-Area Lawmakers
Today, Willamette Week has published the latest edition of The Good, the Bad and the Awful: Our 2017 Ranking of Portland-Area Lawmakers. The entire thing is worth reading for the facinating insights. Here are my favorite bits:
Read MoreOregon Gubernatorial Race Rated Likely Democrat for 2018
In 2016, Oregon Republicans broke their statewide losing streak. Dennis Richardson became the first Republican elected statewide since Gordon Smith won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2002.
Richardson’s win led to rampant speculation about the potential of electing a Republican governor. Oregon’s last Republican governor — Vic Atiyeh — was first elected in 1978 and was re-elected in 1982.
Read MoreObvious Bloomberg →
All the new iPhones will run iOS 11, a mobile operating system that will include a refreshed user-interface and will be announced in June at the company's annual conference for developers, according to a person familiar with the matter.
In this case, "a person familar with the mattter" could literally be anybody who pays attention to Apple.