Police in Oregon's largest city are being advised to no longer pursue low-level traffic infractions

For the People Act would strike down hurdles to voting, while curbing the influence of money in politics and limiting partisan influence over the drawing of congressional districts

Former county commissioner and two-time Portland City Council candidate wants to keep focus on education, police reform.

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020

Elected offiicials seek to collaborate with the governor to reconnect and revitalize historic Albina

As the Biden administration presses for a bipartisan infrastructure bill and Congress faces months of grinding work and Democrats fear they are wasting time negotiating with Republicans who will only obstruct progress

More than 800 companies have publicly pledged to observe Juneteenth but some of the largest, such as Walmart, have not made the day a formal holiday for their workers

Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program could work