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Opening marks a year of rubble, grief and rebuilding

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Seattle community activist Elijah Lewis was taking his nephew to a monster truck rally to celebrate his birthday when they were shot

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With scant advising, many community college students spend time and money on courses that won’t transfer or that they don’t need. Though most intend to move on to get bachelor’s degrees, only a small fraction succeed

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The measure expands pandemic-era protections and strengthens labor rights for app-based workers.

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James Audubon, a naturalist known for his watercolor paintings of birds, also owned, sold and bought enslaved African Americans through his general store in Kentucky and was a staunch opponent of abolition.

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A sign reading "My body, my choice," is taped to a hanger taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho state Capitol Building in Boise, Idaho, May 3, 2022. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File) 

The measure would create a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” punishable by up to five years in prison, barring adults from obtaining abortion pills and “recruiting, harboring, or transporting" a pregnant minor.

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In a historic milestone for the state, this is the most diverse Legislature in Oregon history, with 20 BIPOC legislators serving this session.

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Vulnerable households, seniors find themselves priced out of even rural areas.

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Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz insisted his company hasn't broken labor laws and is willing to bargain with unionized workers

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Detectives continue to ask that anyone with information contact them

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