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Mayor Ted Wheeler makes an announcement of a new initiative to combat surging gun violence in Oregon's largest city on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Claire Rush) 

The mayor issued a new emergency declaration directing $2.4 million to community groups and prevention efforts with the goal of reducing gun killings by at least 10% over the next two years.

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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell 

The Seattle Police Department’s Office of Police Accountability, which investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline to the police chief.

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Blasko was put on paid leave in December as the district investigated employee claims of his inappropriate language, bullying and sexist outbursts.

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 As midterm voting kicks into high gear, Republican activists in Washington are organizing surveillance of ballot drop boxes, generating complaints and concern from some elections officials.

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(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) 

The third-place finish still gave Felix her 19th medal at world championships, extending a record she already held.

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Adrien Bennings 

The community college’s new president begins her tenure as PCC announces plans for affordable housing.

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(Photo/ Mustafa Omar) 

Increasingly involving the highly transmissible omicron BA.5 variant and BA.4, cases are higher than the peak of last year’s delta wave

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According to interviews and court documents, the Scientific Games strategy to win public acceptance of lotteries has proven so effective that state governments have since become their biggest cheerleaders.

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AAAH executive director Cheryl Roberts. 

African American Alliance for Home Ownership works with city, state agencies to repair and upgrade Black-owned homes.

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The documents the city officials were forced to release deal with the long-contentious issue of how utility bureaus are supposed to handle ratepayer money

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