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City of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler 

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler is directing the police bureau to prepare for a body worn camera program in anticipation of the U.S. Department of Justice forcing the issue.

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Officers honor Clark County Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 in Vancouver, Wash. (Photo by Bernie Foster) 

Hundreds of law enforcement and first responder vehicles lined up at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington to honor Clark County Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown

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(Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP) 

A year after racial justice and anti-police demonstrators took over part of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, there are lines outside the restaurants in and around the former protest zone.

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The state will stop paying the $300 weekly unemployment bonus after Labor Day

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(Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP, File) 

A statue in Mt. Tabor Park commemorating York, an enslaved Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, has been toppled and damaged

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(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) 

A chemical cousin of pot’s main intoxicating ingredient has rocketed to popularity over the last year. The cannabis industry and state governments are scrambling to reckon with it amid debate over whether it’s legal.

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(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

A newly-released report shows Seattle police officers continue to stop and use force against Black people far more often than white people.

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Dr. Bukhosi Dube of the Oregon Health Authority (Photo/Saundra Sorenson) 

Fewer than half of the state's BIPOC adults have been vaccinated, reports show.

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Photos Courtesy of Ivan McClellan 

This photographer is on a quest to spotlight the culture of Black cowboys.

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Health officials in Multnomah and King Counties strongly recommend that people wear masks in all indoor public spaces regardless of vaccine status

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