04-29-2025  8:40 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

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Andrew Colas (Photo: Meyer Memorial Trust) 

Kee, Senior Wealth Advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, and Colas, President and CEO of Colas Construction, bring decades of experience in leadership and community advocacy.

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Attorney General Dan Rayfield 

The lawsuit argues that President Trump has exceeded his authority and violated the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, by creating a new federal department without Congressional approval.

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Attorney General Dan Rayfield has released a statement after an early morning victory in court last week.

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Dan Rayfield (Photo: Dan Rayfield for Attorney General) 

“This just proves what we’ve been saying all along. No president can rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen,” said Rayfield.

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(Image via Senator Jeff Merkley/YouTube) 

Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to kick off Democratic opposition to Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee and architect of Project 2025, Russ Vought.

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Game to highlight the Albina Rose Alliance – a partnership between Albina Vision Trust and the Portland Trail Blazers

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“This new research proves what we’ve known for years— mentorship has an incredibly positive impact, not just to our Littles, but to our community at large,” said Beach Pace, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest.

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 Today a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Oregon and a coalition of 22 other states. The temporary restraining order prohibits the Trump administration from imposing a blanket freeze on federal funding.

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(Image courtesy of 1803 Fund) 

Monthlong exhibition to celebrate Black creativity, community spaces and more

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Tony Hopson, Sr. (Photo: Self-Enhancement, Inc.) 

Tony Hopson Sr. is the founder and former CEO of Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI), a nationally recognized youth development organization.

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