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

The program helps small business tenants that have 100 or fewer employees

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

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The civil rights organization urges the community to stay engaged

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

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1998 Rose Festival Queen Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD will deliver the keynote speech for long-time family friend Paul Knauls.

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 April 2021

Judy Fambrough-Billingsley

Author of "Too Brown to Keep: A Search for Love, Forgiveness, and Healing," to present a Zoom webinar on Saturday, April 24, noon to 2 p.m.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 April 2021

Legislation would invest $25 billion in transition of school buses from diesel to zero-emission vehicles

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 April 2021

Senator Deb Patterson (D-Salem)

Senate Bill 850 requires an unhoused person’s residence be marked “Domicile Unknown” at their time of death, allowing the state to better track information about all who call Oregonians home.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 April 2021

Multnomah County has the highest number of new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday at 167

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 21 April 2021

Vanita Gupta speaks at the Leadership Conference of Civil and Human Rights

Gupta is the first woman of color ever to be confirmed to the role

Oregon-lottery

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 April 2021

(Photo/courtesy of Oregon Lottery)

Prizes ranged from $1,500 to $150,000 depending on the value of the original Scratch-it top prize.

Details: Written by By Kara Barlow; Published: 19 April 2021

Photo courtesy of Girls on the Run of Portland Metro)

Supporting the Campbell Soup Foundation’s focus on encouraging healthy living, Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creativity that creatively integrates running. As an organization, it envisions a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential.

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