Apps emerge to serve procrastinating shoppers
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Tech companies fill space created by last-minute shoppers.
You can now stream the Beatles’ albums
NEW YORK TIMES: The Beatles’ music will finally be made available on music streaming services.
Oregon credit union bucks trend, serves legal pot industry
Maps Credit Union employs understated approach to serving legal marijuana firms.
Melvin Mark Cos. sells development arm
Real estate company allows executive to acquire division.
Which Portland building sales netted the highest prices in 2015?
The Janey and Big Pink lead lists of most expensive deals in record-breaking year.
Portland mayor, Oregonian take to Twitter to express disappointment in each other
Charlie Hales didn’t take kindly to a shot taken at him in an editorial.
Patheon to hire 22 in Bend after tax break extension
Pharmaceutical company will invest back into the city.
Fire Up! State Medical Marijuana Laws Still Federally Approved
By Michael G. McClory
While you were attending last weekend’s record opening for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Congress approved and President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which provides for $1.14 trillion in federal spending through the end of the fiscal year. The 2016 Budget Act received bipartisan support (though it did not have universal support) and averts a government shutdown until at least October 2016 (just before the next presidential election).
More than 3,000 Washington prisoners released because of glitch
NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK: A computer error allowed 3,200 inmates an early release.
Deportations drop to lowest level since 2005
NPR: The number of people deported by the federal government decreased in 2015.