A view of a wide, busy street with a bus that reads "20 to Beaverton TC"
This 12-mile corridor reveals the price of Portland’s housing crisis: Coming over the next several days from Jonathan Bach, a series of dispatches from Burnside Street
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Buildings in an Old West style downtown
Debts might actually kill an Oregon ‘ghost town,’ so it’s trying to sell City Hall
@editorswindler.bsky.social reports:
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Oregon lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a one-year moratorium on data centers’ eligibility for one major property tax break this week, the first time the state has taken any step to rein in the industry's extraordinary incentives.
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Over the last decade, employment at factories supplying the world’s largest athletic apparel brand expanded dramatically in regions of Indonesia where, according to one leading estimate, the minimum wage is less than the amount workers need to live on. theoregonian.visitlink.me/BrrRlx
A judge in a courtroom
Multnomah County's district attorney sidelined a local judge from hearing serious felony cases, a time-out that's lasted months. His justification hasn't been reported until now, by @zane.bsky.social: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
Sap drips from a tap in a tree
The Northeast has long monopolized domestic maple syrup production, but some in the Northwest are hoping to tap the market — with a more complex syrup derived from native bigleaf maple trees. @jamiehale.bsky.social reports: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Federal officers violating policy by firing pepper balls, using pepper spray against passive protesters
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The Oregon Legislature is moving toward imposing a 1-year moratorium on major new tax breaks for data centers.
This is a big, surprising reversal. Gov. Kotek had been pushing to expand data center inventives.
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As Oregon's data center tax breaks have grown they've become more expensive to manage.
Counties want help covering those costs. They're not getting it, so they're opposing Gov. Kotek's economic development bill (which further expands data centers' tax breaks.)
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You can buy tickets for this Portland music festival now, priced between $125 and $500.
But just two months out, Soundscape Northwest only has a few venues on board, and it's missing required permits. Vendors and venues say they haven't been paid.
@lizzyacker.bsky.social reports:
Gov. Kotek says data centers’ impact on Oregon is “not sustainable” at the current growth rate, citing impacts on water, energy and community resources.
But she's pushing ahead to expand tax breaks through a program that primarily benefits data centers.
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Many states are considering reining in tax breaks for data centers, citing rising energy costs and environmental impacts.
Gov. Tina Kotek's economic development bill would take Oregon in the other direction, substantially boosting the state's data center giveaways.
This is the kind of quirky, insightful, distinctly Oregon bit of whimsy that only @editorswindler.bsky.social can deliver.
PDX is getting ready to unveil the newest additions to its main terminal: roughly 300,000 square feet of space on both ends that will include new storefronts, bathrooms, a revamped baggage claim and, yes, shorter walks to the exits.
Dozens of bills are dead in the Oregon Legislature today after a key deadline. From self-driving taxis to restrictions on needle distribution, here's what didn't make the cut.
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
Sad to see my final story written during my time at The Oregonian running today. I had gotten to know her while reporting a project and remember nervously pitching her on the idea of writing her obituary. "It would be a blessing," she told me. RIP, Avel Gordly.
The last two Chinese restaurants in Portland's historic Chinatown are barely holding on. Owners say the neighborhood is coming back — but customers haven't.
@editorswindler.bsky.social reports:
Portland police criticized feds’ tear gas tactics at ICE protests as "Excessive and disproportionate"
@maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
Portland General Electric is expanding its territory, taking over Pacific Power’s service and assets in a swath of Washington state
Portland aimed to integrate students with special needs into general education classrooms at their neighborhood schools, but the bumpy rollout has been paused.
The government is pouring billions into leading-edge chip factories. But without advanced R&D in the U.S., too, those plants would rely entirely on overseas tech — “stuck in time” in case of a disaster in Asia.
Intel’s Oregon researchers could be the solution, if they can deliver.
Oregon's snowpack is the lowest on record. It might get worse, @lizzyacker.bsky.social reports, this year and in years to come.
“Who’s this rando in my feed?” (clicks) “Oh right, Group Project Gregory from freshman year.”
The algorithm: “This guy’s obsessed!” (weeks of notifications about Group Project Gregory)
The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a ruling that barred the deployment of the National Guard in Portland, @maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
Portland has been under a declared housing state of emergency for 10 years and counting.
VERY MUCH
OpenAI says it's committed to local news, evidenced by expanding its investment in Axios Local. At the time the partnership was announced, Axios said it had hired 100 local reporters to cover 34 markets — 2.9 reporters per city*.
*Including some in Portland I respect very much
