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Bend based Tim Knopp, former Oregon State senator and prior opponent to Kotek, appointed as Chief Prosperity Officer. Morrison Maierle sells off company division, Nike and Intel supporting the unemployed, Silver is peaking and dropping all at once

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Montana based Morrison Maierle: Three Employee-Owners Purchase Morrison-Maierle Systems (MM)
Montana: Secretary of State’s Office said 23 ‘potential non-citizens’ voted (DM)
U.S. suspends immigrant visa processing for 75 countries over public assistance concerns (Ground)
Primate Center “too big to fail” Would cost More to Close Than to Keep Open OHSU-Funded Study Says (WW)
Seattle Schools knew there was methane gas beneath its new high school - but skipped some safety measures (KUOW)
WA lawmakers face a $2 billion shortfall (KUOW)
Your favorite Montana-based author may be owned money as part of a $1.5 billion AI company settlement (MTFP)
Federal judge blocks Trump election order, siding with Oregon, Washington (LO)
Intel, Nike alumni groups plan career workshop in Portland (BizJournals)
Silver peaked and dropped nearly 8% within hours (TE)

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“Kotek announced Wednesday that she is hiring former state Sen. Tim Knopp as her new chief prosperity officer.

The former longtime lawmaker from Bend will be tasked with meeting Kotek’s goal of finding ways to ease burdens on businesses and stem a recent tide of job losses.

“To be successful, this role demands a unique set of skills — an entrepreneurial spirit, a systems thinker, and equal parts pragmatism and persistence,” Kotek said” (OPB)