The state legislature is in the final stages of passing SB 1182, which will authorize the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to give away property and development rights and contracts associated with the four-acre highway cover over I-5, which ODOT plans to build in the Rose Quarter. The cover has an estimated construction cost of […]
In December 2021, Metro, the Portland-area regional government, opened Newell Creek Canyon Nature Park, located in Oregon City, and Chehalem Ridge Nature Park, southwest of Hillsboro. Prior to the opening of the new parks, a mere 12% of Metro’s parks and nature land was open to the public. That figure has now roughly doubled. This […]
The 2020 we’re living in is very different from the 2020 we rang in at the beginning of the year. In January, there were about a dozen Democrats seeking the nomination for President. Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, free college tuition, and universal basic income were seriously debated as potential policies for a […]
