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Lottery Misses Mark on Minorities’ Fair Share
The Oregon Lottery’s most recent advertising slogan is “Together, we do good things”. But when we look at where the profits are coming from and where any potential benefit from lottery profits flow to, is this really true?
Court Sides With Governor Kate Brown Over Early Prison Releases
Two attorneys took particular issue with Brown’s decision to allow 73 people convicted of murder, assault, rape and manslaughter while they were younger than 18 to apply for early release.
Ballot Measure to Overhaul City Government Promises Minority Representation While Facing Controversy
The Portland Charter Commission aims to bring city in line with how other major U.S. cities do local governance.
White Woman Calls Police on Black Man Standing at His Home
“If you guys have a lease, I’d just like to see the lease,”
Seattle Hospital to Refuse Some Patients Due to Capacity
The hospital is caring for some 560 inpatients, more than 130% of its licensed capacity of 413 patients. ...
West Seattle Bridge to Reopen After Yearslong Closure
The 40-year-old bridge is among the city’s most important, previously allowing 100,000 drivers and 20,000 transit users to move...
Jefferson Alumni Invites Community to Block Party
This inaugural event is open to the public and will have tons of entertainment in tow, including a live DJ and music, a rib contest,...
The additional food benefits will be issued to families’ existing EBT cards in Fall 2022, with the exact dates yet to be...
Free Vaccination Events Provide Required Back-to-School Immunizations
On or before the first day of instruction, all K-12 students in Washington state must be up to date on vaccinations required for...
Cold spring means lighter cherry and peach crop
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The same factors that produced a later and lighter cherry crop are affecting many Yakima Valley peach growers as well. Cold spring weather, a late April frost and their impact on pollination has delayed the peach harvesting season, usually at its peak by now,...
2 radiation incidents investigated at Salem Health
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued two “event notifications” for incidents involving Salem Hospital’s radiation oncology department earlier this year. One incident involved hospital employees, while the other involved patients. Investigations...
No One Ever Told You About Black August?
Black America lives in a series of deserts. Many of us live in food deserts, financial deserts, employment deserts, and most of us live in information deserts. ...
Betsy Johnson Fails to Condemn Confederate Flags at Her Rally
The majority of Oregonians, including our rural communities, value inclusion and unity, not racism and bigotry. ...
Monkeypox, Covid, and Your Vote
We must start a voter registration drive right here where we live. This effort must become as important to us as putting food on the table and a roof over our heads. ...
To many Americans, “reparations” is a dirty word when applied to Black folks. ...
Developer finds human remains near Nashville Civil War fort
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging to lay the foundation of a new Nashville project not far from a Civil War fort and a cemetery dating back to 1822. For Nashville, the discovery marks the latest intersection...
Kansas district rejects strategic plan urging diversity
DERBY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school district's board rejected a proposed strategic plan after some members questioned its emphasis on diversity and students' mental health. The Derby Board of Education voted 4-3 this week to reject a plan presented after months of work by parents,...
Two years on, foundations stand by issuing bonds in pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step in June 2020 of issuing jumi billion in debt to help stabilize other nonprofits, it delighted investors and inspired several other large foundations to follow suit. Two years later, the foundations all stand by...
Review: Jamie Foxx hunts vampires in comedy 'Day Shift'
This year marks the centennial anniversary of F. W. Murnau's “Nosferatu,” a long time for us humans but only a blip for vampires. If you were looking to celebrate the birthday of that silent classic, which still casts a long and ominous shadow over all vampires films that have...
Oscar winner Troy Kotsur awarded key to Arizona hometown
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Troy Kotsur, who made history as the first deaf man to win an Academy Award, has been honored with a key to his Arizona hometown. Kotsur, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in March, was given the key Thursday in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, the city said...
Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show'
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his perch as bandleader of “The Late Show” after a seven-year run backing up host Stephen Colbert. “We’ve been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent...
Monkeypox? Climate? Deciding what's a national emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) — In November 1979, a little over a week after student militants seized control of the U.S....
What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels...
R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008...
Germany urged to cap heat in offices this winter to save gas
BERLIN (AP) — German businesses and public institutions should heat their offices no higher than 19 degrees...
China sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises
BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with...
Montenegro mourns after 10 are killed in street attack
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro declared three days of national mourning Saturday, a day after 10 people,...
