Last week, the city of Umatilla voted to declare a state of emergency in response to Gov. Tina Kotek’s data center moratorium. The city says preventing future data centers could cost their community millions. Data centers have drawn growing bipartisan opposition across the country. They’ve also created increasing concern for Oregonians on both sides of the aisle. Umatilla City Manager Dave Stockdale joins us to share more on the state of emergency and the state moratorium’s broader impacts.

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