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Inslee said he would work to ensure the state had adequate resources to provide abortion services to those traveling to the state for the procedure.

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Five candidates have been selected to interview for the City of Vancouver’s Chief of Police position.

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Mayor Ted Wheeler is planning to invest $3.9 million to add 28 unarmed public safety specialists to the police bureau, bringing the total to 62, more than three times the current number

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Oregon’s screening tool, implemented in 2018, was inspired by an algorithm which has concerns about its reliability and its potential to harden racial disparities in the child welfare system.

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Kotek’s critics say she’s hyper partisan, with a progressive agenda that will mainly benefit Democrats. But supporters argue her determination and record of “getting things done” make her the candidate to improve the entire state.

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A Linn County jury found in 2019 that Oregon breached its contract with 13 rural counties and 151 local taxing districts by failing to maximize timber harvests on state forests over the last two decades.

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A civilian oversight board says some Seattle police officers routinely ignored state and city mask mandates during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

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As Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese reaches his term limit, three members of law enforcement are running to replace him in the first contested race for the office in 12 years.  

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Dr. Robert Kelly becomes first lay president and African American to lead the Catholic institution in its 121-year history. 

Dr. Robert Kelly becomes first lay president and African American to lead the Catholic institution in its 121-year history 

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Case rates have slowly been rising in the county since late March, after statewide mask mandates ended and as omicron’s infectious subvariant, BA. 2, took hold.

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