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Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.
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Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.
October 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.
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Hey all! At federal courthouse in Portland now where judge Karin Immergut will decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order barring guard deployment to the city for now. Will report result here ASAP. Hearing starts in 15 mins.
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Judge sets Friday hearing on blocking National Guard deployment to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The request for temporary restraining order blocking troop deployment is part of a broader lawsuit against the Trump administration over its federalizing of Oregon National Guard troops.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hey all! At federal courthouse in Portland now where judge Karin Immergut will decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order barring guard deployment to the city for now. Will report result here ASAP. Hearing starts in 15 mins.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/29/f...
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"Largest round of layoffs in the state government’s history."
Nearly 500 Oregon transportation workers got layoff notices today after the state Legislature failed to pass a bill to help close the agency's budget gap and what Gov. Tina Kotek called a ‘preventable’ funding emergency.
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Nearly 500 Oregon transportation workers get layoff notices after ‘preventable’ funding emergency • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek warns people around the state will feel those cuts, especially in winter
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Largest round of layoffs in the state government’s history."
Good read and announcements on mre housing.
"Local governments in Oregon issued just fewer than 17,700 building permits in 2023, according to a federal database. They’re further behind this year — by September, builders had pulled just more than 10,800 permits."
"Local governments in Oregon issued just fewer than 17,700 building permits in 2023, according to a federal database. They’re further behind this year — by September, builders had pulled just more than 10,800 permits."
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek launches new agency to fast-track housing construction oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/gov-k...
Gov. Kotek launches new agency to fast-track housing construction • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Housing Accountability and Production Office is charged with boosting construction statewide to meet goal of 36,000 new homes per year.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good read and announcements on mre housing.
"Local governments in Oregon issued just fewer than 17,700 building permits in 2023, according to a federal database. They’re further behind this year — by September, builders had pulled just more than 10,800 permits."
"Local governments in Oregon issued just fewer than 17,700 building permits in 2023, according to a federal database. They’re further behind this year — by September, builders had pulled just more than 10,800 permits."
"The increases are driven by labor costs and inflation that’s touched everything from teaching materials to utility costs and insurance, according to university spokespersons. "
Tuition is going up — again — at Oregon's seven public universities.
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Undergrad tuition to rise again at all Oregon’s public universities, up nearly 30% from a decade ago • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The rising cost of college is being driven by labor costs, inflation and historic disinvestment in higher education by Oregon lawmakers.
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April 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The increases are driven by labor costs and inflation that’s touched everything from teaching materials to utility costs and insurance, according to university spokespersons. "
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Look, I get it. We should be happy that NCAA hockey is even getting national broadcasts. But ESPN has gotta try to get some guys who actually watch college hockey regularly.
March 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Look, I get it. We should be happy that NCAA hockey is even getting national broadcasts. But ESPN has gotta try to get some guys who actually watch college hockey regularly.
Make data centers pay their fare share
"The commission is considering several new rules that would ensure new large load users pay their “fair share of infrastructure costs” related to getting them their power, according to Baker."
"The commission is considering several new rules that would ensure new large load users pay their “fair share of infrastructure costs” related to getting them their power, according to Baker."
Gov. Tina Kotek is pressing the state utility commission to keep rates low after significant price hikes in recent years.
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Gov. Kotek seeks answers from state utility commission amid public outcry over rising utility rates • Oregon Capital Chronicle
In a letter to the Public Utility Commission, Kotek how the commission would keep rates low following 50% rate hikes in last five years.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Make data centers pay their fare share
"The commission is considering several new rules that would ensure new large load users pay their “fair share of infrastructure costs” related to getting them their power, according to Baker."
"The commission is considering several new rules that would ensure new large load users pay their “fair share of infrastructure costs” related to getting them their power, according to Baker."
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With just a few months to go before programs would begin, Oregon’s Legislature is once again scrambling to pass funding for summer school.
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Proposal to send schools $35 million for summer programs comes with literacy strings attached • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Under House Bill 2007, schools would be limited to using summer learning grants on programs that boost student reading, writing proficiency.
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March 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
With just a few months to go before programs would begin, Oregon’s Legislature is once again scrambling to pass funding for summer school.
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Flooding and landslides from swollen rivers and record-setting rain in southern Oregon and parts of the Willamette Valley have caused millions of dollars in damages and cost one woman her life.
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Gov. Kotek declares flood emergency for southern Oregon, parts of Willamette Valley • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Heavy rains since late February have flooded rivers and creeks, killing one woman and causing millions in road and infrastructure damages.
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March 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Flooding and landslides from swollen rivers and record-setting rain in southern Oregon and parts of the Willamette Valley have caused millions of dollars in damages and cost one woman her life.
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CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman on Tuesday: “what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane.”
CNBC Reporter Shreds Trump’s ‘Insane’ Tariff Moves
Steve Liesman acknowledged his criticism came “at risk of my job.”
www.thedailybeast.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman on Tuesday: “what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane.”
"“This hasty draft decision by the BPA is not good news for electricity consumers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest,” Wyden said in an emailed statement"
The nonprofit federal administration that provides one-third of the Northwest’s electricity is preparing to sell its excess energy to companies and electric cooperatives as far away as Louisiana.
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BPA announces intention to split with California and join new Southwest energy market • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Northwest’s largest hydropower supplier announced it intends to join a new energy market based in Arkansas over one in California.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"“This hasty draft decision by the BPA is not good news for electricity consumers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest,” Wyden said in an emailed statement"
"Kotek told reporters that the goal is to get districts from applying, monitoring and reporting on more than 100 grants per year to just seven."
The Oregon Department of Education would have historic power to intervene in struggling schools and districts across the state under two new bills backed by @govtinakotekforor.bsky.social #orpol
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State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek is backing bills to give the Oregon Department of Education some school budget control if students are chronically struggling
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
"Kotek told reporters that the goal is to get districts from applying, monitoring and reporting on more than 100 grants per year to just seven."
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Good. When I noticed their name was on the list of local fish fry locales, I knew which one really deserved our support.
For years, the Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis has hosted a fish fry on Fridays during Lent.
Despite this, organizers were unprepared for the influx of attendees at their first community meal of the season.
Despite this, organizers were unprepared for the influx of attendees at their first community meal of the season.
Ukrainian Americans feel love with record turnout at a Lenten dinner in Minneapolis
A Ukrainian American Community Center spokesperson said people expressed their support as President Donald Trump threatens to end aid to Ukraine.
www.mprnews.org
March 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Good. When I noticed their name was on the list of local fish fry locales, I knew which one really deserved our support.
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The WSJ did a ~2,000 word piece on how Trump came to love crypto and somehow the word "corruption" doesn't appear in it once ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Forces That Flipped Trump From Crypto Critic to ‘Crypto President’
The president had called cryptocurrency a ‘scam’ but during his campaign last year he was persuaded of its value, especially as an investment for the Trump family.
www.wsj.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The WSJ did a ~2,000 word piece on how Trump came to love crypto and somehow the word "corruption" doesn't appear in it once ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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These assholes are forever offering solutions to problems we don't have.
“Legislators represent people, not trees or acres,” Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote for the 8-1 majority. Senator’s ‘flatly unconstitutional’ proposal would lock in Republican control of chamber for years @cingraham.bsky.social minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/03/g...
Senator's 'flatly unconstitutional' proposal would lock in Republican control of chamber for years • Minnesota Reformer
A Republican senator is proposing an amendment to the state Constitution that would radically alter the structure of the Senate and effectively lock in Republican control of the chamber for the forese...
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February 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
These assholes are forever offering solutions to problems we don't have.
“We are currently managing the resource based on a structure from the 1800s and the early 1900s”
Oregon's Gov. Kotek, chief adviser consider water quantity and quality a chief concern. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/27/f...
For Gov. Kotek, natural resources adviser, water tops list of 2025 environmental priorities • Oregon Capital Chronicle
They say the state needs better water management, secure wildfire funding and policies that address the high energy needs of data centers.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“We are currently managing the resource based on a structure from the 1800s and the early 1900s”
“It is now Oregon’s turn to put pressure on Pacific Power to finally own up to their liabilities and stop the practice of rubber stamping historic rate hikes, finally ceasing the continued financial hardship of our wildfire victims,”
Something that's likely to have wide support: Three Republican lawmakers in Oregon want to force utilities embroiled in years-long lawsuits to suspend rate hikes. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/07/l...
Lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon Republicans want to ban utilities from raising rates on customers if the companies face years of unresolved wildfire lawsuits.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“It is now Oregon’s turn to put pressure on Pacific Power to finally own up to their liabilities and stop the practice of rubber stamping historic rate hikes, finally ceasing the continued financial hardship of our wildfire victims,”
What will Republican voters do? "Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that typically pays up to $80 million a year to the state."
Counties and schools in rural Oregon (and 40 other states) to lose millions in federal money in 2025 after Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that typically pays up to $80 million a year to the state.
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U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon will miss out on millions in funding from the Secure Rural Schools bill in 2025 after House Republicans failed to take a vote on it.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:27 AM
What will Republican voters do? "Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that typically pays up to $80 million a year to the state."
@latenightseth.bsky.social hats off for drawing out one of my favorite authors Percival Everett, 'James'.
A nimble exercise in conversation with a self admitting reluctant subject of superior talent!
A nimble exercise in conversation with a self admitting reluctant subject of superior talent!
November 28, 2024 at 1:49 AM
@latenightseth.bsky.social hats off for drawing out one of my favorite authors Percival Everett, 'James'.
A nimble exercise in conversation with a self admitting reluctant subject of superior talent!
A nimble exercise in conversation with a self admitting reluctant subject of superior talent!
@gophersoccer.bsky.social why no post on sweet sixteen?
November 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM
@gophersoccer.bsky.social why no post on sweet sixteen?