Ted Sickinger

Portland appears to have its own small version of the migrant/asylum crisis. State and county officials seem determined to keep their response, now shuttered, and associated costs under wraps. oregonlive.com/watchdog/2024/…

Did you buy an electric vehicle in the last 12 to 18 months? We’d love to talk tyo you about your motivations, buying experience and life with the vehicle for a story in The Oregonian. Email me at tsickinger@oregonian.com. Thanks.

Oregon politician says ‘put your faith in God…you can’t trust doctors,’ when considering COVID vaccination. oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

@citizen_oregon @_Brad_Schmidt @OHSUNews Hospitals in PDX still deal with fallout from other areas of the state. Hence capacity problems spread.

@_Brad_Schmidt @OHSUNews @tedsickinger And I would encourage you to dive into Multnomah County dashboard...numbers in Multnomah County are actually not bad ... 2.5 hospitalizations per 100K ... the challenge for Oregon is coming from the unvaccinated Southern parts ... multco.us/novel-coronavi…

Oregon could soon see about 1,100 people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new @OHSUNews report. @tedsickinger has details on this emerging story. oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

Mask up. The COVID trajectory is not good. Not good at all. oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

@TK421_doyoucopy @_Brad_Schmidt Well, that’s not what healthcare leaders are saying about our latest oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

@_Brad_Schmidt @tedsickinger I noticed most, if not all of your posts show that you’re VERY scared of this virus. Please consider volunteering at a local hospital. Then u can really see how few C0VID patients we healthcare workers are dealing with in the ER & on the front lines. Might ease your anxiety.

If you read one story today, make it this one by @tedsickinger: oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

If you’re curious how deep-seated vaccine hesitancy is, this story provides some insight. oregonlive.com/coronavirus/20…

@FozzyBearPDX @_Brad_Schmidt Not yet.

@_Brad_Schmidt At least we aren’t like Texas with all hospitals on diversion

Shall we hypothesize about where the sickest COVID-19 patients in Oregon are being sent for care in ICUs?

Oregon utilities face many challenges getting to 100% clean electricity by 2040. Wind solar and hope? oregonlive.com/business/2021/…

The PERS Board balked two years ago about changing its assumed earnings rate on investments, but it no longer has a fig leaf to hide behind. oregonlive.com/politics/2021/…

When is a hazard tree not a hazard? oregonlive.com/wildfires/2021…

@SenatorGolden asks @OregonGovBrown to halt post fire tree cutting and investigate damning allegations of mismanagement. oregonlive.com/wildfires/2021…

@mollykyoung @Oregonian Any news organization would be proud to have @mollykyoung on its staff. A big opportunity here. Hire her. You won’t regret it.

@Oregonian I'm officially a journalist for hire based in Dallas-Fort Worth. I'd love to connect about full-time or freelance opportunities via DM or email at mollyyoungbailey(at)gmail(dot)com

Some personal news: Today is my last day at the @Oregonian. The best part about a newspaper is the people who put it together every day. I am grateful for my decade there, working next to so many terrific, kind people.

Will the Hawthorne district evolve and thrive again after the pandemic? A microcosm of Portland. @jamiebgoldberg has the story. oregonlive.com/business/2021/…

@gordonrfriedman Clearly someone controlled us on this Gordon!

Why are we here? Who is leading this? What are we marching for? oregonlive.com/portland/2021/…

The Oregon Republican Party may be offering red meat to the base, but is its embrace of conspiracy theories good electoral politics? @ORPolitics @orleg @orpol oregonlive.com/politics/2021/…

@JordanCove and @Pembina may be on their last legs in Oregon. oregonlive.com/politics/2021/…

2 nights ago, Portland Police Association lawyer's office vandalized with graffiti & broken windows. Last night -eve of resumption of police contract talks, people showed up outside PPA lawyer Anil Karia's home, harassing him and his family, he said. (office pix below:) (1/2)