Amazon.com drops affiliation with political group ALEC 
Oregon lawmakers spare prison jobs, cut others A key Oregon legislative panel voted Wednesday to spare the jobs of 19 corrections officers and other prison officials that had been on the chopping block.
City Council votes to raise residential garbage and sewer rates (Video) Despite vocal opposition, city commissioners approved the rate hikes, but they decided to hold off until next week to decide a water rate hike.
'Your Voice, Your Vote:' Hales wants to get city back to basics (Video) Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales appeared on "Your Voice, Your Vote" Sunday May 20, 2012.
Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits In a campaign year when voters have declared the economy their top concern, Obama and Mitt Romney are on notice that there's no statute of limitations on the issues or conduct that might be used against them.
Charlie Hales: City government is about results, not rhetoric (Video) Charlie Hales topped the polling with 38 percent of the vote, followed by Smith with 31 percent. Third-place finisher Eileen Brady got 23 percent of the ballots cast and has conceded the race. Here is what Hales had to say Wednesday morning.
Sen. Wyden: 'This is as good as it gets' Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon told his staff this week that his wife is pregnant.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna says Washington will need to ask voters to support a tax package to fund the state's multi-billion dollar transportation needs, but his Democratic counterpart, Jay Inslee, isn't ready to support any specific financing plan.
An audit from the Oregon secretary of state's office finds schools missed out on $40 million worth of energy savings by failing to choose the most cost-effective measures to reduce energy costs.
The Legislature's Emergency Board is expected to vote Wednesday on a plan to eliminate 188 state jobs under a $28 million budget cut that the Legislature approved earlier this year.
Romney oil adviser also a big super PAC donor Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
President Barack Obama sought to undermine Mitt Romney's key rationale for his presidential candidacy Monday, sharply attacking his Republican challenger's background as a venture capitalist and arguing that profit-making alone is not a qualification for the White House.