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Ritz-Carlton developer may again wriggle free of $7.8 million affordable housing fee
When developers broke ground on a half-billion-dollar luxury hotel and condo highrise in 2019, developer Walter Bowen and local officials boasted the project would contribute the largest investment in affordable housing Portland had ever seen — $8 million. “Because of the condominiums, this will go to the affordable housing fees that support the Portland Housing…
No objections raised as media regulations glide to House floor
The press is already under fire at the national level. Now, its defenders worry a bill sailing through the Oregon Legislature gives additional ammunition and encouragement to its enemies. State law and industry ethics codes already prescribe standards for news organizations to correct their mistakes. But Oregon House representatives unanimously passed a bill that would…
Opinion
Opinion | Executive orders threatening resettlement services in Oregon are pure cruelty
Some still argue over whether pilgrims landing in Plymouth Rock were refugees escaping religious persecution from the Church of England. Regardless, it is a reality that refugees and emigrants have flocked to this continent since before the founding of the United States. Whether through immigration or via refugee status, the contributions of those President Ronald…
