Craft distillers oppose grocery liquor sales
A new trade group, Oregonians against the Takeover, is fighting a measure that would permit liquor sales in grocery stores.
Lake Oswego Google Fiber deal languishes
Council member Jon Gustafson claims Lake Oswego Mayor Kent Studebaker pulled the plug on a plan to make the city’s fiber-optic network the largest city-backed service in the state.
Nike suspends contract with tennis star Maria Sharapova
Nike put its contract with Sharapova on hold after the tennis star failed a drug test investigation.
Universities rethink student jobs in light of minimum wage hike
Thousands of student workers will be eligible for the minimum wage increase, which will cost the state’s universities millions of dollars.
Nancy Reagan dies at 94
Fox News: Nancy Reagan, the widow of President Ronald Reagan, died Sunday morning of congestive heart failure at 94, according to her spokesperson. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles. She’s set to be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband. Prior to the funeral, … Read more
Pentagon moves into cyborg business
CNN: The military plans to invest millions of dollars in an implant to facilitate brain-computer communications. The Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hopes the implant will allow humans to directly interface with computers, which could benefit people with aural and visual disabilities, such as veterans injured in combat. … Read more
A peek at Oregon Coast entrepreneurs
A new crop of young business people are putting down coastal roots.
Oregon legislative session adjourns
Despite conflict, most bills passed with bipartisan support.
Lattice CFO departs; shares fall
Shares in Portland-based company fell by 3.6% after CFO Joe Bedewi announced his departure Friday.