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11-04-2024 9:00 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
Leslee Barnes, director of Multnomah County's Preschool & Early Learning Division
Mid-year enrollment to allow greater flexibility for providers, families.
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Sen. Ron Wyden (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Wyden is part of a Democratic effort to focus the nation’s attention on the stories of women who have faced horrible realities since some states tightened a patchwork of abortion laws.
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Gov. Tina Kotek (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Oregon is competing against other states to host multibillion-dollar microchip factories. A 2023 state law created an exemption to the state's hallmark land use policy aimed at preventing urban sprawl and protecting nature and agriculture.
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(Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, File)
Washington state’s longtime top prosecutor and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer have traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate. It is the first time in more than a decade that the Democratic stronghold state has had an open race for its top job, with Gov. Jay Inslee not seeking reelection.
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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. The Bhathals started having conversations with the WNBA late last year after a separate bid to bring a team to Portland fell through. It’s the third expansion franchise the league will add over the next two years, with Golden State and Toronto getting the other two.
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A federal judge delays when the board can form; critics accuse the city of missing the point on police accountability.
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Oregon DMV registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters by mistake since 2021. The “data entry issue” meant ineligible voters received ballot papers, which led to two non-citizens voting in elections since 2021
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Tiffani Penson is one of 18 city council candidates running to represent N/NE Portland
Three will go on to take their seats at an expanded Portland City Council.
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Julia Mines, executive director of The Miracles Club, has stated that Measure 110 funding helped exponentially expand the addiction and recovery services her organization offers to the BIPOC community.
Possession of small amounts of hard drugs is again a misdemeanor crime, as of last Sunday. Critics warn this will have a disproportionate impact on Black Oregonians.
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The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay $600,000 to the family of Timothy Green, a Black man shot and killed by police, in a settlement that also stipulates that officers will be barred from personalizing any work equipment.The settlement stops the display of symbols on equipment like the thin blue line on an American flag, which were displayed when Green was killed. The agreement also requires that members of the police department complete state training “on the historical intersection between race and policing.”
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