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Dallas Hockey Billionaire Proclaims Deal to Buy Trail Blazers
Tom Dundon’s reported ownership group features Portland private equity executive Sheel Tyle, whose wife runs the Oregon Health Authority.
Portland Must Confront the Real Danger of Losing the Blazers
All the things the Blazers have ever done to break your heart would pale in comparison to waking up to read that there were no Portland Trail Blazers.
Big Pink Has a New Owner
Jeff Swickard purchased the building for about $45 million in an all-cash deal.
Old Town Tries but Fails to Start Its Own Service District
“Our neighborhood ecosystem is severely out of balance.”
Prevailing Wage Expansion Advances With Key Questions Unanswered
Trade unions strongly support extending higher-wage requirements to off-site fabrication, but lawmakers—and legislative lawyers—don’t know whether or how the state would enforce the proposed law.
Time Running Out on a Bill That Could Help Wildfire Victims
As the 2025 legislative session lurches toward its conclusion, a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding wildfire damage payouts remains stalled in committee.
The Departure of Oregon Companies Speaks to a Bigger Problem for the State
How much faith can one retain in the local workforce when Oregon’s fourth and eighth grade test scores for reading and writing are among the nation’s worst?
State Senator’s Office Gets Stern With Made in Old Town, Calling Project’s Request “Inappropriate”
The shoe campus project is seeking more money from the Legislature.
The Oregonian Is Using AI to Draft Stories
The editor said it’s “hard to say” on which stories the paper would use artificial intelligence.
Baristas at Southeast Portland Starbucks Walk Out Over Dress Code Enforcement
“The legal precedent for our strike is unfair labor practices around the dress code policy.”
OHSU Paid Lawyers $5.8 Million in Failed Merger
In total, OHSU paid Hogan Lovells’ team $5.8 million over 26 months, billing records show.
The Sacred Mushroom, a Sprawling Psilocybin Service Center, Is Having a Bad Trip
The parent company of The Sacred Mushroom, an 11,000-square-foot psilocybin retreat, says a lack of capital is forcing it to take a hard look at the operation.