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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Dรฉjร  Vu

The Blazers choke against Spurs at homeโ€ฆ again.

Itโ€™s dรฉjร  vu all over again. Another sold out Moda Center, another 15+ point second half lead for the Portland Trail Blazers, and another double digit lossโ€”114-93โ€”to the San Antonio Spurs. The Blazers now see themselves in a 3-1 hole in the best-of-7 series, setting up a do-or-die Game 5 against the Spurs in San […]

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Getting High on Her Own Supply

For FKA twigs, dancing is just as important as singing on her Body High Tour.

FKA twigsโ€™ Body High Tour was delayed last year by a host of production-related problems including visa issues, but if anything, the London-based singer only delayed gratification for her โ€œTwiglets.โ€ By the time of her rescheduled Portland appearance on Saturday, April 4, FKA twigsโ€”AKA Tahliah Barnettโ€”was not only promoting her acclaimed album Eusexua, but its […]

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Should Portlanders Pay Hundreds of Millions for a Refurbished Moda Center? City Councilors Say โ€œNot So Fastโ€

With local budget cuts looming and Trail Blazers ownership committing to stay in Portland, some city leaders arenโ€™t ready to pull out the checkbook.

On the heels of an intense lobbying campaign by the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oregon Legislature last month passed a $365 million funding package to renovate the Moda Center contingent on the Blazers remaining in Portland under new majority owner Tom Dundon. State leaders trumpeted the passage of the funding package as an economic boon […]

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Deal Or No Deal?

If local money goes into the Moda Center renovation, labor advocates want a smooth employee unionization in return.

The state of Oregon and the city of Portland may be gearing up to give hundreds of millions of dollars of public money to help finance renovations to the 31-year-old Moda Centerโ€”and organized labor wants something in return.  โ€œAbout a year ago, we had outreach from workers at the Moda Center in a number of […]

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