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FBI Special Agent in Charge Greg Bretzing reacts as he speaks during a press conference at the Harney County Community Center, in Burns, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Bretzing was recounting the actions taken Tuesday night by police and federal authorities including the killing of one of the armed group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP) 

One of the last holdouts in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge said the remaining occupiers will leave if none of them will be arrested   

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2015 was a landmark year for legislation affecting communities of color in Oregon, according to Nkenge Harmon John, president and CEO of the Urban League of Portland. 

The report highlights an impressive year of racial equity progress from the state legislature   

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In this Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum carries his rifle after standing guard all night at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. The FBI and Oregon State Police arrested the leaders of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge for the past three weeks during a traffic stop that prompted gunfire, and one death, along a highway through the frozen high country. The Oregonian reported that Finicum was the person killed, citing the man's daughter. (AP photo/Rick Bowmer) 

One of the occupiers was killed by officers during a traffic stop and eight others were arrested   

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In this Sept. 20, 2015, file photo, Tracy Morgan poses in the press room at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Morgan will officially launch his "Picking Up the Pieces" standup tour Feb. 5, 2016, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind., continuing through May. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File. 

Former ’30 Rock,’ ‘SNL’ star talks about his first tour after a gruesome 2014 accident that killed a friend and nearly cost him his life 

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Ammon Bundy turned down private meeting with FBI because he wanted media presence    

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Data show a continued slide in home ownership among African Americans. Photo by Daniel X. O'Neil (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. 

The NAACP sued against big banks for unfair lending in 2007 - but gaps in homeownership and wealth persist 

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Charles Bonner was the keynote speaker at The Skanner Foundation's 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast. Photo by Julie Keefe. 

Civil rights lawyer talks about the Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence and coming together

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African Americans are five times more likely to develop the progressive eye disease

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Should minimum wage be the same in depressed rural Oregon and fast-growing Portland     

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Dr. Lisa Bates 

The PSU Professor won an award for excellence in urban and regional planning   

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