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Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 07 June 2022

Andrea Bell

Andrea Bell in as new executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services

Details: Written by By SALLY HO AND GARANCE BURKE Associated Press; Published: 02 June 2022

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 01 June 2022

Bruce Harrel, Seattle Mayor

Seattle will create a database of homeless camps and provide more than $100 million to a regional group trying to tackle the region's ongoing crisis of people without homes

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 01 June 2022

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The legislation would ensure app-based workers are paid minimum wage plus expenses and tips

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Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 31 May 2022

(Photo/ Jon Tyson)

The Seattle City Council will vote Tuesday on the first in a series of policies that would ask app-based companies like food delivery services to improve wages, transparency and other working conditions for gig workers.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 31 May 2022

Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall

Bynum, Smith worry delayed count will rock public trust in voting rights

Details: Written by By GILLIAN FLACCUS and SARA CLINE Associated Press; Published: 27 May 2022

(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus,File)

County clerk Sherrie Hall has been elected five times in the past 20 years, despite missteps that impacted two previous elections and cost taxpayers at least $100,000.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 27 May 2022

U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader

Seven-term U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader has been ousted in a Democratic primary in Oregon by progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

Details: Written by By SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 25 May 2022

(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

Three weeks after Oregon’s third-largest county learned that a majority of their ballots were unreadable by vote-counting machines, state officials have yet to receive a plan detailing how they will meet their deadline

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 23 May 2022

State Rep. Andrea Salinas

Salinas, who has maintained her lead as more ballots have been counted from Tuesday's primary, would be Oregon’s first Hispanic congresswoman

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