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Oregon State Capitol 

As Oregon lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday for the 2022 legislative session, their priorities include affordable housing, bolstering the state’s workforce, and limiting the emergency power of the governor

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Teressa Raiford 

Don’t Shoot Portland petitioning to buy property, alleges unclear, unfair process

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(Photo/ Taylor Vick) 

The Washington state Supreme Court will consider whether fare enforcement on public transit represents an unconstitutional incursion into passengers’ right to privacy.

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Robin Holmes-Sullivan 

Robin Holmes-Sullivan, Ph.D. will be the first woman, first woman of color, and the first LGBTQ+ person to be President of LC. She is also a clinical psychologist by trade, currently Dean of Students.

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Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to low-income defendants

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Congressman makes case for Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, and the Golden West Hotel’s importance to city history and heritage.

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A Latino civil rights organization and others filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that says new political maps in Washington state approved by a bipartisan redistricting panel intentionally dilute Hispanic voters' influence.

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Reports show that between 2019 and 2021, the overall percentage of students who met state standards on the math portion of the exam fell by 20 percentage points.

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Through political campaigns, legal actions, founding the grassroots organizing group Don't Shoot Portland and through her fearless determination to speak up against racial injustice, Portland-born Teressa Raiford has made a lasting impression on our city and our state

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Megan Bell, director of work opportunities training at POIC + RAHS 

Black, Latinx students receive skilled on-the-job training, career coaching, through POIC-RAHS program

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