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Idaho Supreme Court rules in favor of private school choice, Trump account posts & deletes video showing Obama’s as monkeys, France goes “all in” on AI with $30M, Seattle Seahawks beat some East Coast team in Super Bowl LX, Trump calls Oregon Olympic Snowboarder ‘a real loser’, 7 boxcars derail tracks in Eugene. Happy Monday.
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PNW Market Look
As of 2.8.26
Headline Roundup
Somehow, Portland Is Sitting on $106 Million in Unspent Housing Dollars (WW)
(WA) Work begins on $50M Renton Transit Center (DJC)
$21.2M in loans secured for Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint medical offices (IBR)
Washington’s tribal casinos prepare for Super Bowl sports betting (SeattleTimes)
Zelensky says U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia (SeattleTimes)
(ID) The state accused a Caldwell company of deceiving customers (IDStatesman)
(OR) Ski resorts, recreation groups slam a liability reform bill (BizJournals)
PacifiCorp taps star attorney in Oregon wildfire case appeal (BizJournals)
Dow surges more than 1,000 points to hit 50,000 for the first time in massive snapback from tech rout (Ground)
Bend’s Hunter Hess, other US Olympians speaking up about politics at homes face online backlash, including from Trump (OPB)
Born in Idaho and Western WA alum Breezy Johnson wins downhill for first U.S. gold of Milan Cortina (NBC)
The Nine Days - and 13 seconds - That Sent Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics Up in Snow (WSJ)
(MT) Carbon tax credits focus of new Sheeny bill (DailyMontanan)
Memory Loss: RAM shortage concerns Inland Northwest businesses (SpokaneJournal)
Portland leader consider controversial move to use climate funding for Moda Center upgrade (KOIN)
These are the Seattle area’s highest paying jobs (BizJournals)
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Rip’s Spotlight
In the next decade, states will see a surge in obesity (WSS)
“Researchers at the University of Washington conducted the analysis using body mass index data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and self-reported weight data from a national survey of adults ages 20 and older. They examined the 2022 rates and created estimates for 2035 based on current trends. The researchers also looked at race, ethnicity and state-level data, finding wide disparities across states and racial groups.
About a fifth of U.S. adults were living with obesity in 1990. By 2022, the percentage increased to nearly 43%. Obesity was more prevalent in states in the Midwest and South.
If current trends continue, about 47% of U.S. adults will be living with obesity by 2035, according to the researchers.”
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