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Oregon BIPOC Caucus

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 March 2023

In a historic milestone for the state, this is the most diverse Legislature in Oregon history, with 20 BIPOC legislators serving this session.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 29 March 2023

Kim McCarty

Vulnerable households, seniors find themselves priced out of even rural areas.

Details: Written by By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer; Published: 29 March 2023

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz insisted his company hasn't broken labor laws and is willing to bargain with unionized workers

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 29 March 2023

(Photo/ Roosevelt High School via Facebook)

Detectives continue to ask that anyone with information contact them

Details: Written by Andrea Brown, Everett Herald; Published: 27 March 2023

(Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Messages on display on Totem Family Diner and Pacific Stone Co. retro signs in Everett, Wash. reveal “secret crushes.”

Details: Written by LISA BAUMANN Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2023

(Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP,File)

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2023

(Photo/ Maxime Bouffard)

It's been three decades since state agencies first noted high levels of nitrate contamination in the groundwater in Morrow and Umatilla counties and residents have long complained that the pollution is negatively impacting their health.

Details: Written by Multnomah County Library; Published: 23 March 2023

North Portland Library (Rendering by LEVER architecture)

As one of the library building projects funded by the 2020 Multnomah County voter-approved bond, North Portland Library will close to the public on April 5, 2023, to begin construction processes for its renovation and expansion.

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 22 March 2023

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The report on casualties from a largely unregulated industry cites an alarming evolution of crowd-control devices into more powerful and indiscriminate designs and deployment, including dropping tear gas from drones.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 22 March 2023

Sen. Wlnsvey Campos (D-Aloha)

100 participants would receive $1,000 a month for two years, with PSU analyzing the program’s success.

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