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Pearl District REI to close. "In in email to its members Monday, REI said its store in Portland 'had its highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades, despite actions to provide extra security.'" oregonlive.com/business/2023/…

Emily Silcock and I have recently released HEADLINES, a massive-scale dataset containing nearly 400 million positive semantic similarity pairs, drawn from historical U.S. newspapers. Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/dell-… Paper: scholar.harvard.edu/sites/scholar.… (1/3)

In Oregon, 45% of kindergarteners missed AT LEAST three weeks of school last year. Most states improved school attendance, after the pandemic drop. Oregon's chronic absenteeism got worse. 🙏 Julia Silverman for the national context + deep reporting. oregonlive.com/education/2023…

When physics teacher Bob Sauer got to school on Monday, a gaggle of students were already at the door to his classroom. They wanted to know if he was THE "Bob" that everyone was talking about. He was, in fact, THE Bob who found the blown-out door plug from the Alaska Airlines

Judge orders The Oregonian/OregonLive to return or destroy documents ‘inadvertently’ released in Nike sex discrimination lawsuit oregonlive.com/business/2024/…

Calling all aspiring young journalists in Oregon and SW Washington: Applications are open now for High School Journalism Institute 2024. Students will learn reporting, news writing, photography and more from the pros oregonlive.com/hsji/2024/03/a…

🚨 We're hiring a housing/real estate reporter to cover one of the most pressing issues in Oregon. You'll work with an incredible team (and also me) recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/… #journalismjobs

This #JournalismJob comes with access to our work slack where I will pepper you with silly questions such as: - Do you have a favorite 80s song? - Where is the best burger in Portland? - Have you watched the latest episode of #XMen97 yet?

1. It’s stunning that we’ve been unable to escape Visa’s stranglehold on debit payments — despite legislation mandating competition, despite disrupters like PayPal & Apple, despite loads of businesses eager to shed the crushing fees. The DOJ’s monopolization case explains why.

A researcher with GPS equipment found Mount Rainier is about 10 feet shorter than previously thought. st.news/4eTxYQI

Hurricane Milton is sucking water out of Tampa Bay. The effect is called a reverse storm surge, but it won’t last, and the water could come rushing back. nyti.ms/4eZ491a

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said they rescued a dog tied to a pole on I-75 in Tampa Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Milton. The dog later received a “clean bill of health” after troopers brought him to a veterinarian, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety.

🥳 James Beard Public Market announces new home in downtown Portland "The 38,000 SF space hopes to house a teaching kitchen, world-class cookbook store, restaurant, bakery, fish mkt, butcher/cheese shops, wine store, local farm stalls, events space..." oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10…

🚨 DOJ announces a suit to block UnitedHealth's ( $UNH) proposed acquisition of Amedisys ( $AMED). The Capitol Forum subs were the first to learn DOJ was leaning towards a challenge yesterday- a team effort with Jeff Bliss

The FTC previously ordered Epic Games to pay $245 million for tricking players into making unwanted purchases & letting kids rack up unauthorized charges. We are now sending the first round of refunds totaling more than $72 million to those harmed. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Oregon judge blocks Kroger purchase of Albertsons, citing threat to competition oregonlive.com/business/2024/… via Kristine de Leon

NEW: Albertsons files lawsuit against Kroger for breach of merger agreement albertsonscompanies.com/newsroom/press…

Good to talk w/ Kristine de Leon abt the proposed OHSU-Legacy hospital merger—the largest in state history. Serious market power concerns here, but the deal is immune from federal antitrust enforcement. This leaves Oregon’s HCMO program as the sole authority to block. Big test ahead.

OHSU, Legacy abandon merger plan after months of planning, reviews oregonlive.com/health/2025/05… Kristine de Leon