Urban Airship’s total funding grows to $67.6M after securing $9M investment
Marketing startup has raised $21 million in its series D funding round, which started in October.
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Hillsboro agency: No problem making beer from wastewater
BREWERY ROUNDUP: Clean Water Services uses “reclaimed water” to make beer; Eugene-based Ninkasi expands; Breakside, Hopworks head to Iceland.
Oregon taxpayers could get a kicker as state revenue exceeds expectations
An improved revenue stream for the state could allow a refund that comes in the form of a tax credit.
Senate votes to end Cover Oregon
The Department of Consumer Business Services would absorb the state’s failed insurance exchange.
Portland-based women’s apparel startup reaches $50k Kickstarter benchmark
Society Nine, which makes products for women in mixed martial arts, reached its goal by securing donations from 548 backers.
TriMet announces plans for $1.6M of improvements
The public transit provider announced 18 bus lines will be adjusted in hopes of decreasing crowding and delays.
Zillow: Racial divide in US housing ‘largely unchanged for more than a century’
Study finds whites own houses at 28 more percentage points than blacks in 1900, 2014.
The Dalles Rep: Avoid ‘knee-jerk’ bills in wake of Kitzhaber scandal
Republican won’t support legislation that doesn’t address specific issues.
Portland approves $15 an hour minimum wage for city workers
City Council roundup: Full-time workers, contractors get a raise; demolition reform passes; Uber’s coming, ready or not.
Brown as governor elicits praise, apprehension
Democratic leaders excited for Brown, as Republicans worry new governor will sidestep rural Oregon