I wrote a book chapter about LIHTC and this @opb.org @tonyschick.bsky.social story well articulates the inefficiencies of the tax credit: www.opb.org/article/2026...

If data centers are a defining storyline of the decade, @rogoway.bsky.social is the chronicler for the job. Gift link: www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

The former Union Bank of California Tower sold to Silicon Valley's Menlo Equities, which invests in tech markets and is plunging into data centers deals amid the AI boom. In advertising the space, JLL had highlighted potential use as data center space. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Did I just see AB in Tulsa this month? Yes. Did I just buy tickets to see them at Roseland Theater? Yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBl-...

The former NWEA HQ in Old Town sold to Central City Concern for $11M, its lowest value ever and 77% less than its last trade in 2015. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

A councilor for Portland's regional government, Metro, works remotely from Spain, calls it occasional Scoop from @isabeldfunk.bsky.social @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Nike says factory workers should earn enough to pay their basic expenses and have some money left over. But its expansion in Indonesia over the last decade has directly undermined this goal, an analysis by @propublica.org and @oregonian.com found. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

A bicoastal bet on Portland's hotel market: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Portland's three-year SDC waiver comes with a series of regular progress reports. The first one is out: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Can this music festival become Portland’s SXSW in just two months? @lizzyacker.bsky.social has all the details: www.oregonlive.com/entertainmen...

Jeff Swickard — who last year bought Portland’s iconic U.S. Bancorp Tower, also known as Big Pink — has now purchased the 267,000-square-foot Five Oak building from an out-of-town investor for just $10.5 million. @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

President Trump threatens 15% tariff after Supreme Court rebuff www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

Demolition tears into Portland suburb mall to make way for sports center, major renovation www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

A plan to redevelop the 24 acres of parking lots and vacant land surrounding OMSI got another funding lift Tuesday.

Council punts on the housing $$ vote, recesses until tomorrow. Council Prez Dunphy wants early March work session to discuss the $106M. Councilor Smith wanted to vote how to use unspent housing funds tonight: “I don’t know what more you need to be briefed on.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Few affordable apartments are vacant in Salem, unlike Portland via @abbeymcd.bsky.social www.salemreporter.com/2026/02/16/f...

The green house sits in the brushy floodplain of the Willamette River. Owners Craig and Lisa Christensen still see red when they think about what they claim was a bungled construction process of their Corvallis home. @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

A plan to redevelop the 24 acres of parking lots and vacant land surrounding the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry got another funding lift Tuesday when the City of Portland received $850,000 to fund infrastructure work on Water Avenue. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

So this happened: Officials investigating how Lookout obtained report on Oregon State Hospital  lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/govern... #orleg #orpol

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.

A fight this week over control of Portland’s cash-rich clean energy fund previewed the contentious battle to come over attempts to raid the balance for a Moda Center renovation. w/ @gosiawoz.bsky.social @oregonian.com

After 79 seasons, the Portland Chamber Orchestra has announced it will close, marking the end of a long chapter in Portland’s classical music scene. Read more here: www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...

Babe get your glasses, the Oregon Book Awards nominees dropped

I'm honored the compelling stories of my sources -- such as @davidwelton.bsky.social and @bduss.bsky.social -- are being highlighted in this exciting way, in a field of high-octane authors like @leahsottile.bsky.social. Story via @lizzyacker.bsky.social: www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...

@lmonghughes.bsky.social takes a step back and asks the big questions of Portland's homeless services apparatus in this sweeping piece. @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Great scoop from Alex Z:

Portland has been under a declared housing state of emergency for 10 years and counting.

Portland officials have uncovered $106 million in unspent housing funds that they are shifting into the budgetary process for city lawmakers to consider, the city administrator made in an extraordinary disclosure Friday.

For @oregonian.com and @propublica.org: The average worker at suppliers that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers I spoke with in Indonesia, Nike’s second-largest production hub, said they made that much. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Council President Jamie Dunphy tells @shanedkavanaugh.bsky.social that Jonas Biery, the city’s chief financial officer, informed him Friday night that PHB had “millions” of additional dollars within a housing investment fund that remained unbudgeted. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal officers at Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility fired a tear gas canister that shattered the window of a nearby apartment during Saturday’s protest. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

This is beat reporting. @matthewkish.bsky.social of @oregonian.com went to Indonesia to understand Nike's claim about oversees suppliers: that it pays the average factory worker about twice the local minimum wage. Here's what he found: www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

A journalist wrote in 1873, "When one sees the load which every book has to bear of expense before [breaking even], one is tempted to say—Go back, poor little book, into the brain of your author, and venture not into this groaning world.'' —Michael Castleman, "The Untold Story of Books"

As my wife and I drove to Southern Oregon, I pulled over along the highway (safely) to make this image of the sun beginning to set on the faraway mountains:

Oregon’s population grew at one of the slowest rates in the country last year, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Oregon had just begun to reap the benefits of leaps in energy efficiency and imagine a future where little or none of its electricity came from fossil fuels. Then came data centers, and extreme weather. Now the state faces a new energy crisis. @rogoway.bsky.social reports in the first of a series:

I work with a phenomenal team of journalists. Check our coverage of tonight's protests below:

Portland mayor, council president call for peaceful protests in wake of fatal Minneapolis shooting www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows via @apnews.com www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

Washington County faces mounting legal costs in discrimination case it lost via @noellecrombie.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...

ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital via @gosiawoz.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Do you rent (or do you have friend who rents) on Burnside Street in Portland? I'd like to chat with you (or said friend) for a story, preferably by the end of the month. Please shoot me an email -- [email protected] -- to set up a time to talk. Thanks! @oregonian.com

2025 was the third-hottest year in Oregon in records that date back to 1895. This year’s heat wasn’t as obvious — coming at night and in spring, late fall and early winter (hence the crap snowpack). It was also dry, but not that wildfire-y. Full story: tinyurl.com/dauh9e64

The new numbers mirror the slim margins of growth Oregon continues to experience following the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend reflected in out-of-state residents turning in their driver’s licenses for Oregon IDs, private-sector moving surveys and census data. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

With affordable housing hard to find in the Bend area — and many areas across the state — Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort and the Campfire Hotel have teamed together in recent years to house some seasonal workers from one of the region's top employers.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 The Oregonian/OregonLive is hiring a reporter through @reportforamerica.bsky.social to cover the business and culture of women’s sports in Portland. Come cover the Thorns, WNBA and more in the Rose City. 🌹 #BAONPDX

Enjoyed making the images that accompanied this piece on the James Beard Public Market, reported by Michael Russell and me in @oregonian.com. Unique lighting

Portland needs more housing. Will the mayor’s new plan work? w/ @shanedkavanaugh.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

With opening delayed to 2027, James Beard Public Market carries weight of Portland’s civic hopes w/ Michael Russell www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...