Garrett Andrews

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Legislators pass toughest-in-the-nation restrictions on investor control of healthcare practices. Share this article!Oregon legislators last week passed a bill that prohibits non-physician investors from controlling medical practices. SB 951 heavily restricts private-equity investment in the health care industry. According to legislative sponsors, it represents the nation’s strictest ban on corporate influence in medicine.

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Backers of the as-yet-unnamed concert hall, which will replace a former Nordstrom location, hope to compete with a Live Nation project planned for the Central Eastside. Share this article!A mid-sized concert venue expected to fill a gap in Portland’s entertainment scene is now planned to break ground next month in the Lloyd Center.

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The Pendleton-based tribal gaming facility will add a hotel tower, convention center and banquet kitchen. Share this article!The Wildhorse Resort & Casino, the gaming center outside of Pendleton operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, plans to build a $100 million expansion. The Eastern Oregon tribal gaming center hopes to draw larger business events, weddings and other gatherings, according to a tribal announcement sent Tuesday.

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Hampton on Medicaid and other federal cuts: ‘Our mission is at stake. People’s lives are at stake’Share this article!Forty years ago, when Kari Hampton was 12, she lost her best friend to leukemia. At the time, a leukemia diagnosis was akin to a death sentence. In 2019, she received a call at 4:30 a.m. about her daughter, a first-year college student, who’d been admitted to a hospital with multiple pulmonary embolisms.

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

A national federation has joined the suit to block the sudden, drastic cuts by the Trump White House. Share this article!The Oregon Humanities Council has sued to block proposed funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Last month, leaders at the NEH were  informed the President Donald Trump sought to cut the agency’s budget by at least 80%.