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about-portland-protests

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 September 2021

Schinzing marching with a crowd of demonstrators in downtown Portland on May 29, 2020 (Photo/US Dept Justice)

Edward Schinzing was seen on surveillance cameras spreading a fire in the Multnomah County Justice Center by igniting papers and moving them into the drawer of another cubicle

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 September 2021

Current recipients of P-EBT benefits for the 2020 - 2021 school year will automatically receive an additional $389 per child in food assistance

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 01 September 2021

(Photo/ Jodie Covington)

The announcement Tuesday comes as hospital leaders throughout the state warn of growing numbers of infections in children

Details: Written by By Molly Rosbach, molly.rosbach@oregonstate.edu; Published: 31 August 2021

Vershawn Young, an English professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada

Public Invited to Join OSU’s Free Antiracism ZOOM Course

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 31 August 2021

Suzanne Bonamici

U.S. Foreign Policy and Afghanistan--The Refugee Crisis Then and Now held August 31, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

genealogical-forum-of-oregon

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 30 August 2021

(Photo/GFO)

Last fall the Genealogical Forum of Oregon received a donation of several photo albums that were found at least 10 years ago.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 27 August 2021

In Oregon, deferred rent accumulated between April 2020 and June 2021 is not due until February 28, 2022

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 27 August 2021

This self-guided sound walk will be released in full August 28, 2021 on the ECHOES mobile app.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 26 August 2021

August 28, the anniversary of both the 1955 murder of Emmitt Till and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, will center around a series of events designed to engage the region with Black history

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 26 August 2021

Income-eligible renters under notice of eviction will be able to access a lawyer

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U.S. Representative for Oregon has held his seat for nearly 30 years.
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