Oregon's bicycle industrial complex From businesses such as Nutcase Helmets to Bike Friday, Oregon’s bike madness fuels a $150 million industry. Not to mention that there’s an organized bike ride every 27 minutes. MORE >
Can the Governor's transpo plan save the economy? On a Monday morning in November, Gov. Ted Kulongoski walked onto a hearing room on the first floor of the capitol building and sat down in front of a row of state senators and representatives.
Consumers leave pricey organics on the shelf On a mid-week night in late November at the Whole Foods in Tigard, there is none of the usual bustle of post-work shoppers, well-heeled suburbanites or time-stressed parents picking up deli food.
Hospitals brace for the uninsured There are times when someone needing medical care at the Oregon Health & Science University’s emergency room refuses help. It’s not because they don’t want it, it’s because they can’t afford it.
State economist addresses states' pain I’ve been thinking about the movie Independence Day. It starred Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum and an alien attack on earth.
Q&A with Portland art maven Elizabeth Leach In 1981, when Elizabeth Leach opened her gallery, there were only a handful of other art galleries in Portland’s Pearl District.
At this bar, you buy low, get high Remember Nov. 20? Sure you do. That was the day the Dow stopped simply practicing for the Winter Olympics and became a gold medalist in downhill catastrophe, dropping 445 points to a mind-boggling 7,550.
Tactics: Otak expands overseas projects Just over three years ago, Nawzad Othman received a call inviting him to consider pursuing a project in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Obama administration could mean green jobs If Barack Obama has his way, the country will invest $15 billion in renewable energy annually over the next decade, putting 1 million plug-in cars on the road and creating 5 million green jobs.
Next: the bike booster "The future's all yours, ya lousy bicycles." Thus spoke the late, great Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a film set when horses ruled the road.
Forward momentum Baby, it’s cold outside and the economic heater is sputtering. Instinct says to be conservative, save your energy, cut back on your plans and hunker down.
