One Half of Oregon Is Crawling With Data Centers
East of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon has a mature data center market dominated by massive hyperscale facilities.
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With vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls
Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the…
▶️ Watch →Northwest rail fans eager for Sept. 30 debut of Amtrakβs Airo fleet
A date that Pacific Northwest train riders and advocates have long awaited is finally nigh. Amtrakβs sleek, amenity-packed new trains will debut on the Cascades…
▶️ Watch →How Oregonβs formerly competitive congressional districts became safe seats
Just four years ago, after Oregonβs new congressional district map was set, the state was home to a group of strongly contested races for the…
Read full article βFormer School Board Member Files Petition to Recall PPS Board Chair
Mike Rosen, the former board member behind the filing, says the School Board has shown βno sense of fiduciary responsibilityβ under Eddie Wangβs leadership.
Read full article βOregon defense commission, Gov. Kotek tout significant decrease in unrepresented cases
The state for years has failed to meet its constitutional requirements to provide defense counsel to those who need it when they face criminal charges,…
Read full article βWhite House yanks nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement
WASHINGTON β The White House Thursday withdrew the nomination of Richard βLanceβ Schroyer to lead the agency the president tasked with carrying out his mass…
Read full article βNearly 170 Oregon families reported losing food purchased with SNAP because of summer fires
About 170 Oregon households requested replacements to their federal food benefits this summer after they had to evacuate their homes because of a wildfire this…
Read full article βTrump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement
In its latest effort to overhaul federal homelessness funding, the Trump administration is proposing to provide more money to localities that prioritize treatment-first policies such…
Read full article βRebecca Sanbornβs βShadow Workβ Is Almost Too Big to Play Live
The album debuted this yearβs Montavilla Jazz Festival. She says it may never be performed again.
Read full article βPolice Chief Says He βNo Longer Has Confidenceβ In Councilorβs Judgment After Old Tweets Resurface
A conservative pundit found and posted dozens of Councilor Mitch Greenβs inflammatory deleted tweets. The police chief is nonplussed.
Read full article βOregon policy driving low rates of childhood vaccinations
In honor of Immunization Awareness Month, the federal government used a new presidential executive order to continue its assault on childhood immunizations. It was surprising…
Read full article βUS House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability
WASHINGTON β The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The…
Read full article βOregon isnβt on track to meet transportation emissions goals, forecast shows
Oregon has lost much of the progress it had made toward its transportation greenhouse gas emissions goal, according to a new progress forecast.Β More than…
Read full article βOregon Medicaid program erroneously paid up to $4.1M due to system errors, audit says
Oregonβs Medicaid program overpaid up to $4.1 million to local healthcare organizations across the state after state officials failed to account for hundreds of duplicate…
Read full article βFed raises interest rates for first time in 3 years, battling persistent inflation
WASHINGTON β The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven…
Read full article βOregon May Have Overpaid Medicaid Administrators by Millions, Audit Finds
Secretary of Stateβs Office traces overpayments to cases where one Oregon Health Plan member got counted multiple times. It says duplicates are rare, but still…
Read full article βWhat Will Happen to the School Buildings the District Closes?
When PPS has shuttered school properties in the past, it hasnβt taken a uniform approach to what happens next.
Read full article βPortlandersβ Feelings of Representation by the City Council Are Returning to Their Dismal Baseline
A higher proportion of District 3 and 4 voters feel represented by at least one member of City Council than voters in the rest of…
Read full article βAs Oregon Officials Install More Ballot Drop Boxes, We Checked Which Counties Have the Most per Person
They stand in all sorts of places: city halls and the book-return windows of libraries, mostly, but also next to a public swimming pool in…
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