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Auditor Says New Animal Services Director ‘Misled’ Multnomah County About His Work Experience
Eli Hurley now oversees a $13.8 million budget, 74 full-time staff members and a network of more than 100 volunteers and foster households.
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.
Transit Justice Group OPAL Reaches End of the Line
OPAL organized around issues like lowering TriMet’s draconian fines for fare skipping, and making bus transfers valid for three hours after purchase.
Kotek Pauses All Consideration of State Land for Data Centers
Kotek told Tuesday’s rally crowd of several hundred that she wants the Legislature to pass a statewide data center moratorium in its next session in 2027.
Read Warns Oregon Voters to Drop Off Ballots, Not Mail Them
He’s asking the legislature for $1.25 million in emergency funds for 20 additional drop boxes and to deploy BallotTrax ballot tracking software statewide.
An Elections Expert Is ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Trump Won’t Disrupt Oregon’s Election
‘If the Supreme Court does something different—if it allows this executive order to go into effect—then I think we’re in a whole different universe.’
Drazan and Kotek Lob Data Center Attacks at Each Other
Data centers rank among the country’s least popular institutions. And both candidates are yoked to them.
Big Pink’s New Owner Floats Rooftop Deck Idea
If a distressed-property buyer has his way, a rooftop observatory could be coming to Oregon’s tallest building.
Portland City Council Will Consider Resolution Opposing NDAs in Data Center Talks
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane submitted an amendment that suggests the council hopes to go further.
Portland Water Rates Will Climb as the City’s Largest Wholesale Customers Disconnect From Bull Run Reservoir
Beginning July 1, partly as a result of Gresham leaving the customer base of the Bull Run Reservoir, water rates in Portland increased 8.1%.