Stories for Sept. 6, 2012

Streetcar boosters, your slip is showing

Thu, Sep 6, 4 p.m.

By Eric Scigliano

McGinnville slathers over a Central Connector, just as Metro gets set to launch RapidRide bus routes downtown - with one distinctly un-rapid flaw.

How political polarization tied this country in knots

Thu, Sep 6, midnight

By David Brewster

Presidents routinely come in promising to rise above the warfare, and fail. A national political expert lists all the factors that have produced the demolition derby of national politics.

What's driving up the cost of our public schools

Thu, Sep 6, midnight

By Dick Nelson

A state task force is trying to find ways to finance court-ordered improvements to education. Here's a look at the many factors running up the size of the bill that must be paid.