Monqui Presents and Anschutz Entertainment Group have agreed to build a 4,250-seat music venue in Lloyd Center, joining a horse race against Live Nation Entertainment, which is pursuing a similar project on the Central Eastside. Anthony Effinger reports. wweek.com/news/business/…

To help remediate homelessness, high-earning taxpayers in the tri-county area might be paying less each year, but for longer. Anthony Effinger reports. wweek.com/news/county/20…

The Menashes bought a Portland building that suffered because their place next door decayed. wweek.com/news/city/2024…

I thought everything was supposed to be great in Texas because so many people are moving there. nytimes.com/2024/07/10/us/…

Nike slashed its sustainability workforce after a pledge to reduce its carbon footprint. Reporting for The Oregonian and ProPublica with Rob Davis: oregonlive.com/business/2024/…

The idea that the GOP is better for the economy is bunk. Trump will be their worst offender. wsj.com/economy/econom…

Portland Police made its first arrest under the city's new time, place and manner restrictions on Friday. Just one problem: when they took the man to the Multnomah County Jail, the Sheriff's Office declined to book him. wweek.com/news/city/2024…

Richard was known for crooning Frank Sinatra songs at cafes in the St. Johns Neighborhood. He also, according to court records, was making threatening phone calls to churches in Mobile, Ala. Now that he's behind bars, the paper he owns is in limbo. wweek.com/news/2024/07/3…

About 50 dragon boaters packed a regular meeting of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners today to protest what they say is lax enforcement of the rules that govern wake boats. Anthony Effinger reports. wweek.com/news/county/20…

Clackamas County gets another chance at deflection money. wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

A preschool threatens to sue Multnomah County over the deflection center. wweek.com/news/2024/08/0…

Doctors at Oregon Health & Science University have begun a letter-writing campaign urging Gov. Tina Kotek to oppose any continued service by OHSU board chair Wayne Monfries and president Dr. Danny Jacobs. wweek.com/news/2024/08/2…

Incredible quote from this NigelJaquiss cover story: “I’d call him a vulture, but vultures serve a purpose in nature…I believe Steven Holt only serves himself.”

Measure 118, which would raise corporate taxes and give every OR resident $1,600 annually, has disclosed its first big contribution—from a man running for mayor in San Francisco. Virtually all the money that put the measure on the ballot also came from CA. wweek.com/news/state/202…

$300 million extra in the bank and County Commission deadlocks 2-2 on my proposal to create and maintain tax fairness by accounting for inflation in who is taxed by the Multnomah County, OR preschool program. We don’t need a committee to study indexing for 2 years. This isn’t complicated and

Hey voters! Come out to our City Club debate Monday night! Shannon Singleton vs Sam Adams. Alberta Rose Theater, 5:30p. Admission is free! eventbrite.com/e/multnomah-co…

Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade has directed the Elections Division to launch an investigation into donation-swapping agreements made by candidates for Portland City Council, which WW first revealed on Friday. wweek.com/news/city/2024…

Instead of a crisis center with housing attached, Portland is getting another foreclosed building. wweek.com/news/2024/09/1…

After four hours of testimony before some 100 people, the Portland City Council unanimously upheld an August decision to approve plans for Live Nation Entertainment’s controversial 3,500-capacity music venue at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge. wweek.com/news/2024/09/1…

In June, Multnomah County officials held a grand re-opening of a 106-bed shelter in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood. But three months later, and the shelter still isn't open. wweek.com/news/county/20…