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Tai Harden-Moore (Photo courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation) 

Harden-Moore says every student deserves to receive an education free of discrimination and harassment, but that is not the case for Black students in Oregon

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(AP Photo/Andrew Selsky) 

Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery centers that would offer people aid instead of incarceration.

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With Oregon being the first state in America to decriminalize possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs, its program is being watched as a potential model for other states

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(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

Dozens of flights along the West Coast were canceled Friday as Alaska Airlines pilots picketed during an impasse in contract negotiations with the airline that have lasted nearly three years.

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A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six eastern Oregon pastures.

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(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

The law sets up a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states

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Mayor Ted Wheeler's suggestion that Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing go on a two-month hiatus was met with concern on Wednesday

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The educator and author focuses on equity while taking inspiration from Ghana classrooms

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Rose Festival Princess Jayilee Sloan 

First-time schools to the Festival Court program present first-time princesses

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A preliminary report by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission found some people released early from prison because of the COVID-19 pandemic were not more likely to commit crimes.

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