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Details: Written by ANITA SNOW Associated Press; Published: 20 June 2022

In downtown Phoenix a tent city has ballooned amid pandemic-era evictions and surging rents that have dumped hundreds more people onto the sizzling streets that grow eerily quiet when temperatures peak in the midafternoon. A heat wave earlier this month brought temperatures of up to 114 degrees (45.5 Celsius) - and it’s only June

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 15 June 2022

(Jason Pettigrew/Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP, File)

Health officials published a report that highlights youth feelings of distress, anger and frustration about perceived adult and government inaction.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 13 June 2022

Prominent Portland poet and activist publishes new, timely volume.

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 10 June 2022

(Photo/ Jay Rembert)

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

Details: Written by By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press; Published: 07 June 2022

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 07 June 2022

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.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 07 June 2022

Andrea Bell

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

Details: Written by By SALLY HO AND GARANCE BURKE Associated Press; Published: 02 June 2022

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 01 June 2022

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