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Published: 25 July 2017

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An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the blast

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Published: 20 July 2017

 

Drivers may be fined $2,000 for using mobile devices behind the wheel

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Published: 20 July 2017

 

New law addresses racial disparities in profiling and incarceration

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Published: 20 July 2017

 

Wheeler asks DA’s office to consider alternatives 

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Published: 20 July 2017

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Black women and girls account for 33 percent of all women killed by police

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Published: 16 July 2017

 

Ed Murray continues to deny allegations

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Published: 14 July 2017

 

Ulanda Watkins was among eight individuals Gov. Brown appointed to become judges

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Written by Susan Fried

Published: 13 July 2017

 

Event featured Sasha, a Tibetan mastiff that competed at the Westminster Dog show in New York last year, as the Grand Marshall

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Published: 13 July 2017

 

Bills on immigration, grand jury recordings, health pass during final week

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 13 July 2017

Jo Ann Hardesty, president of NAACP Portland branch 

Communities of color and low-income people are left out of the green economy; NAACP says no more