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No Kings protests over the weekend brought out thousands, Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Bitcoin, Alaska Airlines, and PNW companies continue to fall, fight to overturn Washington’s millionaire tax begins, Tiger Woods has another driving issue.
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PNW Market Look
As of market close 3.27.26
Headline Roundup
Business Oregon seeks consultant for midpoint update on 10-Year Innovation Plan (PBJ)
Senate Unanimously Passes DHS Funding Bill Excluding ICE and Border Patrol, Moving to End Airport Crisis (Ground)
Snohomish County estimates $900K to repair Index‑Galena Road (MNW)
Canadian province poaches over 400 U.S. health workers, eyes Oregon for more (ORLive)
KTVB-TV in Boise bought in billion-dollar megadeal by national broadcast rival (IDS)
Home remodeling projects in Oregon, nation decline amid tariffs, uncertainty (KATU)
How a small Oregon company’s dealings with Amazon created a scandal (ORLive)
100-mile transmission line would bring power to Portland. But there’s a major catch (ORLive)
WA has the second-largest gender wage gap in the U.S., study says (ST)
Portable toilet giant moves headquarters to Boise area. Where’s the new throne? (IDS)
New Census Data Shows Oregon Is Losing Residents in Their Prime Earning Years—Due in Part to Costly Housing (WW)
(WA) Drone maker Brinc swoops into West Canal Yards (DJC)
Owner of Salem Restaurant, Donatellos, Ordered to Pay More Than $96,000 After Tax Evasion Plea (SBJ)
Data center water consumption to be limited under bill heading to Senate floor (IDP)
These new businesses are coming to downtown Billings in 2026 (BG)
The Strait of Hormuz Energy Shock Is About to Head to the West (BBG)
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Man faked Oregon lab ownership in $46M Medicare fraud scheme, feds say (ORLive)
“A man used a purported medical testing laboratory in Oregon to bill Medicare for about $46 million in sham claims over six months, federal prosecutors allege.
Jahangeer Ali, 34, of Pakistan is charged with health care fraud in Oregon. He was in federal court Monday in Portland seeking release before trial.
Ali claimed he owned and operated the Oregon Clinical Laboratory in Klamath Falls for genetic testing, but it turned out to be nothing more than an empty storefront, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew T. Ho.”
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