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Montanan’s wrestle with property taxes, tech stocks continue sell off, Trail Blazer’s meet resistance for $600M stadium upgrades, Microsoft CEO says AI must become useful or they’ll lose permission to burn electricity, Nike under investigation from Trump for discrimination against white workers, another OR ski resort closing due to lack of snow.
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US sees ‘lackluster’ private-sector jobs growth in January (SIA)
A $117k property tax bill: Mansion owners sue Montana over valuation methods (Missoulian)
Trails Blazers future in Portland less clear than ever (ORLive)
Seattle one of two West Coat cities to appear on to 10 in CBRE’s capital investment ranking (BizJournals)
(OR) Trump administration alleges Nike discriminated against white workers (NBC)
Oregon bill seeks to temporarily fast-track siting of renewable energy projects (OPB)
$147M medical hub tops out in Snoqualmie (DJC)
(WA) The great data center space race includes a small company in Redmond (KUOW)
(ID) New supercomputer Teton quadruples INL computing power (IBR)
Trump Administration to Pull 700 Immigration Officers From Minneapolis (Ground)
Lake Oswego startup pivots to unlock AI for $645B auto market (BizJournals)
Seattle shipyard owner to be acquired by private equity firm (Bizjournals)
Hoodoo closes until the snow starts falling again (COD)
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LOGE Camps, headquartered in North Bend, WA is shuttering Bend, OR based adventure themed motel (theSource)
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In a pair of 2-1 votes, Deschutes County commissioner send 5-discrict map to voters in November (KTVZ)
The Deschutes County commission has been three people for a long time and will be moving to 5 people soon. How the districts are divided has a huge impact on who can run, who will be elected and what the future of the county will be
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