🎙️ Mike Schmidt, the former Multnomah County District Attorney, has started a podcast called "The Schmidt Show," a phrase opponents used against him on billboards and TV ads in the last election. (The Oregonian)
📈 The population of Portland grew, even if only by 0.2%, for the first time since 2020, per new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. (KOIN)
🏛️ Downtown's historic Gus J. Solomon U.S. Courthouse is for sale, part of the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government's real estate holdings — and avoid paying millions to renovate the 90-year-old building. (KATU)
🗓️ Portland city councilors are weighing whether to go back to weekly meetings after several of their bi-weekly meetings have run long, limiting time for public comment and creating a backlog of unfinished work. (OPB)
