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The 1-800-SUICIDE line already has a strong record in de-escalating suicide calls

The growing number of suicidal people in Portland has prompted local leaders to put up new public service signs for a local suicide prevention hotline, the Lines for Life crisis line, 1-800-SUICIDE

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Q&A with Albina Ministerial Alliance representative Jo Ann Hardesty

Former state legislator and police accountability advocate Jo Ann Hardesty spoke to The Skanner News about the US Department of Justice report on Portland police and excessive force.

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Portland Farmers Market will now match SNAP cards with up to an additional $7

Roughly one in five Oregonians receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, (formerly known as food stamps), according to Oregon Department of Human Services. Putting healthy food on the table is a struggle for many of these families.

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Oregon Department of Transportation on the hot seat for hiring of fake minority contracting firm

The Oregon Department of Transportation has been stung by a landmark ruling by the Federal Highway Administration Office of Civil Rights that found cheating on minority contracting numbers at a Highway 217 construction project.

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Civil rights, people with mental illness and racial profiling

Excerpts from the Department Justice report on Portland Police Bureau and Excessive use of Force

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Report finds civil rights violations and notes concerns of communities of color

A Department of Justice report has concluded that Portland Police Department violated the civil rights of people with mental illness by engaging in patterns or practices of using excessive force.

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Free events will highlight Oregon's connections to Civil War and state's unique Black history

The Oregon Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will be holding a series of free events this weekend to observe the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Eight protesters were ejected in stormy meeting

Portland City Council has voted to add fluoride to the city's water supply. Sponsored by Commissioners Randy Leonard and Nick Fish, the measure was passed in a unanimous 5-0 vote

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Falling crime rates, rising prison costs spur changes

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum signaled she is prepared to back major revisions to sentencing guidelines, including those mandated by voters through Measure 11 in 1994 and Measure 57 in 2008.

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Both Secretary of State candidates say 'Oregon's signature matching system works as well as any other identification'

Oregon, has sidestepped the Voter ID controversy –so far. But a group of activists, connected to the right-wing Cascade Policy Institute and the Oregon Tea Party, is trying to change that.

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