When outside groups with secret donors spend more on an election for state office than the candidates’ own campaigns do, we have a problem.

As hourly pay stagnates, profitable companies are benefiting from government spending.

Both state and federal governments could help ease the burden on recent college graduates.

Mary Mayhew should have announced plans to fix a broken ride system and a botched Portland office relocation process.

The public secondary schools in Portland and elsewhere that are forgoing accreditation have other ways to ensure accountability.

GLBT violence victims need specific attention, though they have a lot in common with other survivors.