The Portland Police Bureau is among the agencies that have struggled to recruit. But, PPB Capt. Greg Pashley said that requiring college courses excludes lower-income candidates who aren’t able to afford them and makes police forces less diverse.
READ MOREChecking in with Black women-owned businesses who received little support from the Paycheck Protection Program.
READ MOREVoters in November narrowly approved the measure, which requires a permit to buy a gun and a background check to be completed before a gun can be sold or transferred.
READ MORENew Independent District Commission must approve four-district map of Portland by Sept. 1.
READ MOREOregon Gov. Tina Kotek has asked the board of commissioners of OLCC to remove its executive director and other leaders who allegedly abused their position for personal gain.
READ MOREKotek on Wednesday asked the board of commissioners of the state's marijuana and alcohol regulating authority to remove its executive director and other leaders
READ MOREOregon police called it a series of “really odd” events along the Pacific Northwest coast spanning 48 hours that concluded Friday night with the arrest of a Canadian man.
READ MOREMayor Ted Wheeler fired Brian Hunzeker after he leaked a false complaint saying city Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty had been involved in a hit-and-run crash.
READ MOREWorkers represented by the union Laborers’ Local 483 have been without a contract since June. Negotiations over a new four-year deal broke down in December
READ MOREHe plans to continue working. Trudi Inslee, the first spouse, has tested negative.
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