2012 Oregon Legislature opens first regular off-year session in Salem
For the next month, The Oregonian's politics team will try to pick out what's noteworthy and newsworthy of the coming day to help you better understand what's going on in Salem. It all starts today when lawmakers convene at 8:30 a.m.
Car Insurance Discount Helps Pac-12 Students and Alumni Save Money on Car Insurance
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is offering Pac-12 students and alumni living in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah a car insurance ...
Former North Portland grocer admits to food stamp scam
Bounthan Somsanouk, proprietor of the now-defunct Oriental Market, used customers' Oregon Trail cards to buy inventory, paying 50 cents on the dollar.
Democrats slam Tea Party ties in Oregon special election
(Reuters) - An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its quest to take back Congress seats lost in the 2010 election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent about $1.3 million in the race, half of it opposing Republican businessman Rob ...
U.S. says Oregon man scammed StubHub tickets
Broker accused of using stolen credit card information to buy and sell tickets to everything from Taylor Swift concerts to NBA games