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Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 19 August 2022

Guidelines for preserving public records require that texts and other communications by local elected officials about public business be kept for at least two years before being transferred to the state’s archives “for appraisal and selective retention.”

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 19 August 2022

The executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services, Stephen Singer, was fired by an oversight panel. Critics cited an abrasive, combative style Singer brought to his job.

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Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 17 August 2022

Multnomah County, which includes Portland, will offer people places to stay cool Wednesday as temperatures potentially reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 August 2022

Register for this free event to be held at Open Signal in Northeast Portland. Survivors and relatives of survivors of Vanport are especially encouraged to attend.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 16 August 2022

Cameron Whitten, activist and founder of Brown Hope and the Black Resilience Fund

Brown Hope’s Black Resilience Fund argues the impact of direct cash payments.

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 16 August 2022

Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation due to a shortage of public defenders filed a lawsuit in May that alleges the state is violating their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial.

Details: Written by By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press; Published: 16 August 2022

(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Wilbur Slockish Jr. has been shot at, had rocks hurled at him. He hid underground for months, and then spent 20 months serving time in federal prisons across the country — all of that for fishing in the Columbia River.

Details: Written by By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer; Published: 15 August 2022

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

A store in Overland Park, Kansas is one of 314 U.S. Starbucks locations where workers have petitioned the NLRB to hold union elections since late last year. More than 220 of those stores have voted to unionize.

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 11 August 2022

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The Oregon Lottery’s most recent advertising slogan is “Together, we do good things”. But when we look at where the profits are coming from and where any potential benefit from lottery profits flow to, is this really true?

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 11 August 2022

Oregon Governor Kate Brown

Two attorneys took particular issue with Brown’s decision to allow 73 people convicted of murder, assault, rape and manslaughter while they were younger than 18 to apply for early release.