Delighted Animals Gleefully Play in the Snow While the Oregon Zoo is Closed Due to Winter Weather A severe heavy winter storm in Portland caused the Oregon Zoo to temporarily close their doors to the public. The weather, however, did not bother Nora the polar bear, Samudra the elephant, vocal h…

Why Portland's New Tax on CEO Pay May Discourage Entrepreneurship Portland's new surtax on excessive CEO pay is meant to fight income inequality, but founders worry it will discourage new businesses--unless the rest of the country gets on board.

Deloitte CEO to women: Aspire to lead Cathy Englebert has made history by becoming the first woman to head a U.S. professional services firm. As CEO of Deloitte, she oversees some 70,000 employees and nearly $15 billion in annual revenue, and says women should aspire to be leaders, not.. Read more ... .

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An Illinois Mayor Gets Parodied on Twitter Mayor Jim Ardis of Peoria, IL, takes police action after falling victim to a parody Twitter account.

Mayor Who Tried to Prosecute Parody Twitter Account Settles in Free Speech Lawsuit Last year, Peoria resident Jon Daniel, 29, started a Twitter account satirizing (loosely) his city’s mayor, Jim Ardis, portraying the mayor as a hard-partying strip club patron. Ardis did not take kindly to this caricature, ordering a police raid o Read more ... n Daniel’s house; Daniel sued in federal court claiming civil rights violations. This week, the city of Peoria announced that it had agreed to pay $125,000.

Can I Swim In That River Dividing Portland? Although the Portland Harbor was declared a Superfund site in 2000, state officials say that around Portland, the Willamette River is clean enough to swim in.

Zombies are about to take over Portland. Just a heads up. Hey, all you fantastic Pacific Northwesterners! What are you doing this labor day weekend? Because the Portland Film Festival is celebrating its fourth year running with movie premieres, Q&As, guest speakers and… zombies? Yup, you read that correct Read more ... ly: September 7th is Zombie Day in Portland. George…

Who Keeps Stealing All The Old Subarus In Portland? Before they became the modern, hot-selling, Volkswagen-crushing mainstream brand they are now, Subaru was a niche brand that mostly appealed to people in states with bad weather. The older ones, being the tough workhorse cars they are, remain common Read more ... sights in places like Portland, Oregon. That's cha…