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First up is this week's great feature story, out in print as of yesterday, on the history of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, which is on now. It's very good.

Also out in print as of yesterday is our news story on the May Day vandalism.

Michael Strickland, the right-wing videographer who waved his gun at Black Lives Matter and Don't Shoot Portland demonstrators last summer, was sentenced to 40 days in jail and can no longer have guns.

"Although final decisions have yet to be made about the exact route of the MAX line proposed for the Southwest Corridor Project, regional leaders already are talking about the need for a new funding source to help pay for the project, currently estimated at $2 billion," the Portland Tribune reports. "One idea is a regional bond measure to be submitted to voters to help match federal and state funds for the project. TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane says the regional transit agency would be "willing to be drafted" to sponsor such a measure if asked by the other partners on the project, including Metro, the elected regional government."

Also in the Tribune: "A former Oregon Lottery official is suing the lottery commission and the lottery's director and CFO, claiming they retaliated against him for raising the alarm about management issues at the agency." It's a $275 million suit.

After years of drought, Detroit Lake is doing well again, KATU reports: "Thanks to an abnormally rainy winter, water elevation levels peaked on April 26 at 1,565.25 feet, nearly two feet above what is considered full capacity... It is quite a stark contrast to 2015, when water levels were extremely low — 60 to 120 feet below normal."

Some guy fell 200 feet in the Columbia River Gorge yesterday and was flown via helicopter to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, KGW reports.

KPTV: A Southeast Portland building partially collapsed yesterday afternoon.

Shit. The New York Times:

House Republican leaders planned to hold a showdown vote Thursday on their bill to repeal and replace large portions of the Affordable Care Act after adding $8 billion to the measure to help cover insurance costs for people with pre-existing conditions.
“We have enough votes,” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House majority leader, said Wednesday night. “It’ll pass.”

How the hell does this happen?