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“It’s my hope,” he concluded, “that we can lower the temperature honestly a bit in these negotiations.”

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.

Data centers rank among the country’s least popular institutions. And both candidates are yoked to them.

If a distressed-property buyer has his way, a rooftop observatory could be coming to Oregon’s tallest building.

The Oregon Department of Revenue issued five tax liens to Mitchell and dozens of his LLCs in June, July and again in August for unpaid balances stemming from taxes due as far back as 2020.

Ascendent New York City-based prediction market Kalshi has hired a pair of experienced Oregon lobbyists and made a $12,500 campaign contribution to Attorney General Dan Rayfield.

Major supporters of data centers, IBEW Local 48 gave governor’s campaign $400K.

Police dogs have identified the “potential presence of human remains” inside Centennial Mills, according to Portland fire officials.

As politicians struggle to grasp new dividing lines, fresh polling shows a majority of Oregonians across the political spectrum hold negative views on artificial intelligence and data centers and support restrictive policies to regulate them.

“There was not much seriousness on the other end to get a deal done,” Calabro said, “which is fine if you want to end the relationship. Well, that’s one way to do it, I suppose.”

“It feels like a slap in the face.”

On Tuesday, the PUC announced it had agreed to Portland General Electric’s request to update its rates and terms of service, which now call for steeper rates for the booming data center industry.