11-18-2024  4:45 am   •   PDX and SEA Weather

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Recent mass shootings have given the Oregon ballot initiative huge momentum, with the number of volunteers doubling to 1,200 and signatures increasing exponentially

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Federal prosecutors say the former top leader of the far-right extremist group and other members conspired to forcibly oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power

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Tacoma Sheriff Ed Troyer 

The order requires him the sheriff to stay away from a Black newspaper carrier who is suing him over a confrontation last year.

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Andrea Bell 

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

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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.

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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

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

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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.

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Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall 

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

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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.

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