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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 14/10/2026

Opening that ballot and filling in some bubbles is both an effective form of therapy and a radical act of hope.

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WW’s Fall 2026 Endorsements

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 13/10/2026

The two governors reportedly worked closely together last year during their coordinated challenge to Trump’s attempted federalization of national guard troops in Portland and Chicago.

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JB Pritzker Gives $100K to Kotek

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 12/10/2026

State watchdog looking at whether first-term lawmaker failed to properly disclose income

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Ethics Commission Launches Probe of State Rep. Lamar Wise

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 07/10/2026

Portland voters will see only one city measure on their ballots this fall. Measure 26-267, if approved, would create a participatory budgeting program that gives Portlanders discretion over how to spend an amount equivalent to 2% of the city’s general fund (roughly $16 million) every year.

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Key Questions About the Only Measure on Portlanders’ Ballots Won’t Be Answered Until After the Election

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 07/10/2026

“I’m just not risk averse. I’m not afraid of investing in businesses that I believe in—in things that I believe in.”

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Jeff Swickard Is Collecting Downtown Towers. He Says He Has No Plan.

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 06/10/2026

Downtown Portland’s latest real estate developer, Jeff Swickard, recently gave $100,000 to Gov. Tina Kotek’s reelection campaign.

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Portland Developer Jeff Swickard Gives Kotek $100,000

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 02/10/2026

A longtime local official vying to represent House District 52 in Salem paints a vastly different picture of data centers than his young opponent.

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House District 52 Candidates Offer Sharp Contrast on Data Centers

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 01/10/2026

These small, stand-alone residential units allow families to remain close while permitting a degree of independence and privacy.

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ADUs Offer a Way to Keep Multiple Generations Close Together, While Offering Space and Privacy

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 30/09/2026

A Republican seeking to represent parts of Multnomah and Clackamas counties got a boost from the wife of a prominent former fuel executive convicted of rape.

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Contribution of the Week: $62,000

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 30/09/2026

With ‘Streamers,’ Dundon expands on a body of work he began with the 2023 book ‘Protest City.’

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Photographer Rian Dundon Studies a New Breed of Hyper-Online Citizen Journalist

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026

Monthly visitors and office workers in downtown hit 3 million people for the first time since 2019. The number is higher than last summer, when foot traffic neared 2.8 million, and marks five consecutive years of growth.

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Downtown Foot Traffic Is Up But Office Workers Remain Home, Study Shows

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 21/09/2026

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.

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Auditor Says New Animal Services Director “Misled” Multnomah County About His Work Experience

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 18/09/2026

East of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon has a mature data center market dominated by massive hyperscale facilities.

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One Half of Oregon Is Crawling With Data Centers

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 11/09/2026

OPAL organized around issues like lowering TriMet’s draconian fines for fare skipping, and making bus transfers valid for three hours after purchase.

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Transit Justice Group OPAL Reaches End of Line

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 08/09/2026

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.

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Read Warns Oregon Voters to Drop Off Ballots, Not Mail Them

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 06/09/2026

"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." www.wweek.com/news/state/2...

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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.”

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 05/09/2026

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

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Drazan and Kotek Lob Data Center Attacks at Each Other

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 03/09/2026

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

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Big Pink’s New Owner Floats Rooftop Deck Idea

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 03/09/2026

Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane submitted an amendment that suggests the council hopes to go further.

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Council Advances Resolution Opposing NDAs in Data Center Talks

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 02/09/2026

Beginning July 1, partly as a result of Gresham and the neighboring Rockwood Water People’s Utility District leaving the customer base of the Bull Run Reservoir, water rates in Portland increased 8.1%.

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Portland Water Rates Will Climb as the City’s Largest Wholesale Customers Disconnect From Bull Run Reservoir

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 30/08/2026

The passes also suggest the mayor’s office is looking for new opportunities to chip away at two stubborn realities: remote work and low transit ridership.

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As I-5 Closure Looms, Portland Will Consider Paying TriMet Fare for City Employees

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 29/08/2026

A federal court on Thursday issued an order blocking key provisions of Donald Trump’s efforts to use the U.S. Postal Service to restrict mail-in voting.

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Judge Again Blocks Trump’s Effort to Restrict Mail Voting

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 27/08/2026

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a new lawsuit Wednesday to block the Trump administration from meddling with the state’s vote-by-mail system in the November midterm.

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Rayfield Joins New Attempt to Block Trump’s Postal Service Takeover of Oregon Vote-by-Mail

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 26/08/2026

A day after the Supreme Court opened the door for the U.S. Postal Service to restrict Oregon’s vote-by-mail system, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read ordered election offices to administer the upcoming midterm election under existing state law.

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Oregon Secretary of State Directs Local Offices to Conduct Election as Usual

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 25/08/2026

“My message to the President is clear: Keep your hands off our elections.”

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Oregon Officials Project Confidence After SCOTUS Sides With Trump on Vote-by-Mail

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 22/08/2026

The service reductions were first announced in January, as a state transportation funding package crumbled in the face of a Republican-led grassroots revolt.

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‘Historic’ Service Cuts Are Now Arriving for TriMet Riders

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 21/08/2026

Sollman calls incident at Forest Grove public forum an ‘act of political violence.’

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Democratic Primary Fight Escalates With Donation to Legal Fund for Man Accused of Harassing Senator

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 19/08/2026

That fact helps explain why their union continues to swim publicly against the current in its support of one of the lowest-polling institutions in the country, data centers.

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Portland’s Union Electricians Are Moving to Idaho at an Alarming Rate

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 19/08/2026

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.

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Kalshi Hires Oregon Lobbyists and Gives Rayfield $12,500

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 16/08/2026

Led by a youth music nonprofit, The Off Beat is the new home of the city’s underage music scene.

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A Night at Portland’s Only All-Ages Music Venue

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 14/08/2026

Pride-themed murals and colorful permanent seating are coming to Darcelle XV Plaza and Pride Plaza.

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Two Downtown Pedestrian Areas are Getting a Queer-Tinged Glow Up

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The Lund Report @thelundreport.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A fire in April destroyed the organization’s new Portland complex as it was nearing completion. But founder Tony Vezina says the peer-focused organization will rebuild on a solid foundation of helping youths find connections and sobriety together.

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After a devastating fire, 4D Recovery’s Tony Vezina is undeterred

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 13/08/2026

After defying the city of Portland by rolling freight trains past the badly damaged Centennial Mills building in the Pearl District, Union Pacific is allegedly violating an agreement to not run toxic chemicals through the unstable structure’s collapse zone.

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City Administrator: Union Pacific Running Toxic Chemicals Through Collapse Zone

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 12/08/2026

“We've beaten them in court repeatedly, as have many other states. We're prepared to do that as many times as it takes because we're defending the Constitution and the right of Oregon to determine how we run elections.”

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Judge Again Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Use Postal Service to Restrict Vote-by-Mail

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 12/08/2026

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

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Big Donation From Electrical Workers Puts Kotek in a Difficult Spot

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10/08/2026

Union Pacific Railroad intends to restart freight operations near the heavily damaged Centennial Mills building, which officials have warned could trigger the collapse of the building.

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Union Pacific Will Resume Freight Rail Through Gutted Building’s Collapse Zone

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 08/08/2026

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

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Police Dogs Detect Possible Human Remains in Centennial Mills

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 06/08/2026

Native-owned restaurant Javelina and other local businesses taking supply donations to benefit the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

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Portlanders Are Collecting Aid for Wildfire Victims in Warm Springs

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 06/08/2026

Much of the smoke now above Portland is from the Grasshopper fire burning to the south of Mt. Hood.

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Grasshopper Fire Sends Smoke to Portland and Threatens Timberline Lodge

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 05/08/2026

As foreclosure looms for some owners, downtown buildings offer dazzling broker bonuses to draw interest.

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To Attract Tenants, Desperate Downtown Building Owners Roll Out Rich Broker Incentives

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 05/08/2026

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.

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New Polling Shows Most Oregonians Wary of AI, Data Centers

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 31/07/2026

After WW reported on the slide being shut down, the parks bureau has backtracked.

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Following Outcry, City Will Allow Brooklyn Park Waterslide to Return

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 29/07/2026

The Brooklyn Park water slide in Southeast Portland—used by youthful summer day campers for nearly 50 years—was shut down after coming to the attention of Portland Parks and Recreation.

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City Orders Citizen-Run Summer Camp to Discontinue Popular Waterslide

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 27/07/2026

A jury has awarded $717,000 in damages to a family whose Southwest Portland home was crushed by a falling tree in 2024 after they had begged the city for two years to let them cut it down.

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City Ordered To Pay $717,000 To Portland Family Whose Home Was Crushed By a Tree In 2024

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 22/07/2026

Turns out, laid-back Japanese restaurant Miyamoto pairs exceptionally well with the neighborhood dive.

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Portland’s Best Dive Bar Sushi

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 08/07/2026

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.

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Oregon Regulators Approve Rate Hike for Data Centers

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 08/07/2026

The fledgling district is not the city’s new gayborhood, but it does want to be part of the scene.

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The Pink Light District and Portland’s Queer Geography

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 05/07/2026

Three months ago, PDX relocated its main arrivals exit, a unique feature many assumed would stick around permanently. Now, some airport users are miffed.

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A Completed Portland Airport Loses Its Grand Entrance

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/06/2026

Activists including the land-use group 1000 Friends of Oregon have asked a court to intervene to block a slew of data center projects planned near Hillsboro.

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Opponents Sue to Block 17 Proposed Data Centers in Hillsboro

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Garrett Andrews @garrettandrews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Lots of bad stuff going on in the world rn but we recently learned there's SOME hope the train congestion improves on the Central Eastside

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