by Ty Davison | Mar 26, 2024 | News & Commentary
Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation, report says – oregonlive.com: Portland’s central city had the highest office vacancy rate of the 50 largest downtown office markets in the country by the end of last year, according to a report by...
by Ty Davison | Mar 26, 2024 | News & Commentary
Kotek’s wife gets aide, office space as governor considers creating ‘Office of the First Spouse’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Gov. Tina Kotek is hiring a temporary aide to assist her wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, as the governor considers expanding Kotek...
by Ty Davison | Mar 15, 2024 | News & Commentary
Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law | CNN Business: Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. The city...
by Ty Davison | Mar 2, 2024 | News & Commentary
The legislature is mildly re-criminalizing some drug use to the dismay of some progressive groups who seem inured to the increasing tragedy of fentanyl on the streets. Oregon’s saw 280 opioid overdose deaths in 2019, 956 in 2022, and we’re at 628 so far...
by Ty Davison | Mar 1, 2024 | News & Commentary
Oregon Senate passes anti-book-ban bill over Republican objections – Oregon Capital Chronicle: Republicans tried to introduce their own amendment to replace the bill with a new measure creating a task force that would recommend legislation to “better establish...