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• Data Bank: Value of Oregon exports fell by nearly 20% last year

  25-03-2024 16:35
  Exports nationwide took a step back in 2023 but in Oregon it was more like a fall down a flight of stairs. Some state products, though, saw big gains amid a shuffle of top export countries.
  
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• Portland HR leaders on benefits that attract and retain top talent

  14-05-2025 22:52
  HR leaders are finding innovative ways to support employee well-being beyond traditional health insurance, with a focus on mental health and work-life balance.
  
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• Oregon No. 2 in preschool funding, but lags in enrollment

  14-05-2025 22:45
  
  Oregon's preschool funding is among the highest in the nation, but the state faces hurdles in getting more young children into classrooms.
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Inside a reimagined NedSpace

  14-05-2025 22:42
  As the Portland's startup community comes out of a pandemic-era hibernation, one of its foundational organizations, NedSpace, is also reemerging and reimagined.
  
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• Demolished Lotus bar site to become food cart pod

  14-05-2025 22:32
  The site previously housed the Albion Hotel and Lotus Cardroom and Cafe, a historic bar that opened in the middle of Prohibition and closed in 2016.
  
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• Tariff uncertainty hits Oregon budget forecast to tune of $750M

  14-05-2025 22:26
  State economists don't expect recession, but do see "near stagnant growth."
  
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• Former California Closets exec launches Portland professional sports team

  14-05-2025 17:16
  The owner is a former college ultimate frisbee player.
  
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• Portland's top permitting officer warns layoffs would delay projects, add costs

  14-05-2025 16:46
  Portland's permitting department director said his office is already operating with a minimum level of staff necessary to meet demand. Proposed layoffs would leave it 'woefully understaffed.'
  
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• Microsoft to cut up to 3% of its global workforce

  13-05-2025 23:45
  The tech giant laid off 10,000 workers in 2023 as the industry went through a downturn following a pandemic boom.
  
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• Oregon cannabis industry lost third of jobs since 2021

  13-05-2025 22:41
  As sales and business licenses decline, Oregon is shedding jobs in its once vibrant cannabis industry.
  
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• Schnitzer family donates $25M to UO

  13-05-2025 19:50
  The funding will go to raising the school's national and global profile for international studies.
  
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• Small and scrappy businesses may fuel downtown Portland's comeback

  10-05-2025 01:01
  Portland's rise some 25 years ago coincided with the same commitment to, and from, small businesses that's occurring today.
  
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• Portland Center Stage Artistic Director Marissa Wolf on why the theater needs urgent support

  10-05-2025 00:14
  Wolf said PCS is not walking back its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, even though some donors walked away.
  
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• Why Keen is not raising its prices due to tariffs

  10-05-2025 00:01
  While Keen will still have to pay a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, it’s able to avoid the significant tariffs on Chinese imports because of its foresight a decade ago.
  
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• BPA spurns PGE, PacifiCorp on key energy market move

  09-05-2025 22:56
  Bonneville Power Administration formalizes decision to join Markets+.
  
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• 1st Security Bank expands commercial lending in Portland metro

  09-05-2025 22:36
  The bank, headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, has held a presence in the state with Oregon-based employees for the last 15 years.
  
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• Restaurant roundup: New vegan Asian Night Market, Gado Gado alum's new Balkan restaurant

  09-05-2025 17:23
  The newest addition to Portland’s night market events is one from Veganizer, a vegan food event organizer, that will act as a fundraiser for APANO, one of Oregon’s longest standing Asian grassroots advocacy organizations.
  
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• Here's where Burgerville will open its next Oregon location

  09-05-2025 17:17
  Growing Northwest fast food chain Burgerville confirmed its next opening in the region, in Woodburn.
  
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• 3 Oregon hotels named 'best of the best' by Tripadvisor

  09-05-2025 16:53
  The three Oregon businesses are from the Willamette Valley's wine country and the High Desert.
  
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• Public company to pay $245M for big industrial equipment maker

  09-05-2025 00:03
  A big St. Louis-based industrial equipment maker is being acquired by a Tennessee-based public company.
  
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• SakéOne, Forest Grove co. that's US leader, has new president

  08-05-2025 23:41
  SakéOne is the nation's largest producer and importer of premium sake.
  
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• Oregon Shakespeare's new leader on its revival after Covid and fires

  08-05-2025 00:12
  Gabriella Calicchio brought 25 years of experience in arts management to OSF, where she began a stint as executive director las September.
  
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• Wine M&A slowdown points to shrinking Oregon industry

  07-05-2025 23:44
  
  Leading Oregon wine dealmaker on the transactions that are, and aren't, happening.
  
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• Portland farming nonprofit loses a big chunk of USDA funding

  07-05-2025 23:31
  The organization is scrambling to make up for a shortfall due to the sudden cuts.
  
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• Disability nonprofit opens second office space in downtown Portland

  07-05-2025 22:38
  Relay Resources received an $8 million grant from the Department of Education to expand its cybersecurity training program.
  
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• A’ja Wilson’s signature Nike shoe sells out in minutes

  07-05-2025 20:24
  WNBA star A’ja Wilson’s A’One signature Nike shoe sold out within minutes of its first drop.
  
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• Portland coworking market saw steady growth in Q1 2025, report shows

  07-05-2025 16:57
  One of Portland's newest coworking locations opened in Fox Tower in the former Ruby Receptionists office.
  
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• Metro budget includes layoffs, OCC and Expo Center consolidation

  07-05-2025 01:09
  The regional government is eyeing major operational shifts at key Portland attractions as part of a broader cost-cutting strategy.
  
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• NW Natural is growing its position in the Texas natural gas market

  07-05-2025 00:23
  SiEnergy, which NW Natural recently acquired, makes its own acquisition deal.
  
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• Oregon wine sales through key channel falter

  07-05-2025 00:09
  New data from SipSource shows Oregon wine volume, revenue sliding.
  
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