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Details: Written by Steve Law, Portland Tribune; Published: 21 November 2022

Former Portland Tribune reporter and editor Steve Law (Courtesy Photo: Steve Law)

Oregon and the Klan: Guest Column: The tactics and rhetoric deployed by today’s Trump-centric conservative movement read like the playbook of the Ku Klux Klan a century ago.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 21 November 2022

(Photo/ Jay Rembert)

An Oregon gun rights group and a county sheriff have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a voter-approved ballot measure, saying it violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.”

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 20 November 2022

The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, but environmentalists and the attorneys general of Oregon, California and Washington states warn that allowing fracking will increases emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas implicated in climate change

Details: Written by By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 17 November 2022

(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

The vote on the lower Klamath River dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million demolition proposal championed by Native American tribes and environmentalists for years

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 17 November 2022

Andrea Bell, executive director of OHCS

The 63 units will be leased with priority given to Black residents with previous ties to area.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 15 November 2022

Ted Wheeler

Portland uses specialized software to capture text messaging on city-issued phones, to retain public records, but the software can't capture encrypted messages sent using Apple's iMessage service.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 15 November 2022

Oregon voters have narrowly passed measures that would strengthen gun laws and mandate health care as a human right.

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 15 November 2022

Andrea Salinas

The state’s population jumped by more than 10% in the past decade to more than 4.2 million people, giving it a new congressional district for the first time in 40 years.

Details: Written by By Steve Law, Portland Tribune; Published: 14 November 2022

A Ku Klux Klan parade in Vancouver, Washington, in the 1920s. (Courtesy Photo: Oregon Historical Society)

Oregon and the Klan - Part 5: The meteoric rise of the hate group in the early 1920s, followed by an equally fast demise, may hold powerful historical lessons for today.

Details: Written by By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 14 November 2022

(AP Photo/Steve Dipaola, File)

Chavez-DeRemer’s victory makes her the first Latina congresswoman from Oregon, a distinction also sought by 6th District Democratic candidate Andrea Salinas.

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