Linda Baker
Business Called on to Help Address Affordable Housing Crisis
The private sector needs to play a bigger role in increasing the amount of affordable housing for Portland’s low- and moderate-income residents, said panelists at a breakfast seminar hosted by Oregon Business magazine today.
This Land Is Our Land
The problems facing rural Oregon won’t be solved by ceding control of federal land to the locals.
Five Takeaways from the Moda Health Debacle
The story of Moda Health’s financial implosion has rocked the city and state with all the force of a sex scandal, minus the salaciousness, of course. Insurance industry jargon — risk adjustment corridors, individual insurance markets, special enrollment periods — is suddenly the talk of the town. Moda’s sudden exit/exile from Oregon’s insurance market also … Read more
Rentrak, Comscore merger to reshape media landscape
VARIETY: The merger between the two media measurement giants is expected to provide a formidable challenge to Nielsen as a provider of viewer watching data.
Reader Input: Solving the housing affordability crisis
Affordable housing has risen to the top of the legislative to do list. Portland mayor Charlie Hales has delared homelessness an emergency, and House Speaker Tina Kotek says housing is her priority for the 2016 legislative session. We asked readers to rank the seriousness of the problem, and to offer up a few fixes. Research … Read more
