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Portland Renter Mediation in Effort to Avert Evictions
The landlord-tenant mediation program would provide somewhere between 70 and 100 mediations for Portlanders at risk of losing their housing
Currently, organizations must apply for funds through one of 18 regional agencies. Even state officials decry the system.
President Biden identified restoring payments from polluters into the Superfund Trust Fund as a top priority as part of a major infrastructure plan.
Lents Park Scene of Police Shooting During Protests
Amid protests across Portland against police brutality a man was shot and killed in Lents Park after reports he had a gun. Some protesters described by Mayor Ted Wheeler as a small group of "violent agitators" lit dumpster fires at the ICE and Multnomah County Sheriff's buildings and smashed windows downtown including at the Nike store building and the Oregon History Centre
Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Clean Commute for Kids Act
Legislation would invest billion in transition of school buses from diesel to zero-emission vehicles ...
Senator Patterson Passes “Domicile Unknown” Bill
Senate Bill 850 requires an unhoused person’s residence be marked “Domicile Unknown” at their time of death, allowing the state...
Oregon Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Case Total in 3 Months
Multnomah County has the highest number of new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday at 167 ...
Senate Confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General is Historic, Vital for Our Nation
Gupta is the first woman of color ever to be confirmed to the role ...
Five Lucky Oregonians Won a Second Chance at Holiday Winnings
Prizes ranged from jumi,500 to 0,000 depending on the value of the original Scratch-it top prize. ...
Oregon: CDC investigating woman's death after J&J vaccine
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials said Thursday that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19. The Oregon...
3rd teen arrested in bias crime assault at Albany park
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Police say a third teenager has been arrested in connection with a bias-related assault at an Albany park. Police said a 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of assault, conspiracy to commit assault, bias crime and tampering with a...
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum shares her thoughts after the verdicts ...
George Floyd Should Still Be Here
Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement in response to the jury’s conviction of Derek Chauvin ...
The Verdict, The Nation, and Us
The conviction of Derek Chauvin on all three counts in the death of George Floyd represents a much-needed breeze of change ...
Portland Police Union Response to Chauvin Trial Verdict
The Portland Police Association union says in the coming days, their officers will work hard to preserve our community’s right to peacefully protest ...
'Look after my babies': In Ethiopia, a Tigray family's quest
Gunfire crackled near the home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain, and the newborn twin daughters wailing beside her. War had broken out in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region at the worst possible time for Abraha and...
Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healing
Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn't to defend the police. New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said convicting Chauvin on Tuesday...
Senate OKs bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic and a modest step toward legislating in a chamber where...
Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year at this time, as much of the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic, Leslie Jordan began posting daily videos of himself on Instagram. The actor known for roles in the “American Horror Story” franchise and “Will & Grace” was staying...
'The Mole Agent' infiltrates a nursing home, and Hollywood
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Mole Agent” infiltrated a nursing home in Chile, and countless of hearts around the world including inside the film academy. The moving documentary about an octogenarian hired as a rookie spy to investigate whether a client’s mother is suffering...
'Rutherford Falls' mixes humor, culture clash, native voices
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Sierra Teller Ornelas’ family, those who could spin a good tale earned a seat at her grandmom’s expansive dining table, with lesser voices banished to the living room. “There was the feeling of holding court that was really big in my family,” said...
Japan issues 3rd virus emergency in Tokyo, Osaka area
TOKYO (AP) — Japan declared a third state of emergency for Tokyo and three western prefectures on Friday amid...
EXPLAINER: What does Japan's virus state of emergency mean
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday declared a state of emergency to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence, the third...
Panel: End commanders' power to block military sex cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual...
UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead
LONDON (AP) — British authorities apologized Thursday after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly...
Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran...
Scientists get creative to carry on research during pandemic
SAN LORENZO, Panama (AP) — Biologist Claudio Monteza pushed through thick vegetation to install a camera near a...
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