Commissioner Pushed To Take Away Funds Earmaked For Blacks
A last-minute budget proposal was introduced by Portland, Oregon Commissioner Mingus Mapps at a City Council meetings last week to recollect nearly $6 million in funding and distribute the money elsewhere in the city budget.
Portland Drivers Robbed Using Trickery
Victims described the suspects and car of thieves that used fake emergencies to flag down and victimize them. The suspects stole a car and a purse in four separate incidents.
Open-Air Drug Building Closed In Portland
Last Wednesday, Portland Police Bureau finally cleared out and shuttered the Washington Center building downtown. It had become a dreaded open-air drug dealing market.
Triple Homicide Victim Laid To Rest
Two weeks after 17-year-old Eskender Tamra and two others were shot and killed in North Portland, Eskender’s family put him to rest at Rose City Cemetery.
Oregon Gov. Wants Semiconductor Plants
Oregon is changing a half-century-old land-use law to make room for semiconductor development and gain an edge in attracting the multi-billion-dollar industry.
Blacks Income Too Low For Portland
The high cost of housing in Portland has put homeownership out of reach for many Black people and people of color in general.
COVID And Low Birth Rate Factors Impact Population
Portland State University sent out data from their recent population research. According to PSU, Oregon’s population losses were concentrated in Multnomah County.
Mobile Home Residents Buying Parks
Residents are taking matters of ownership into their own hands. Advocates tout the cooperative model as a way to preserve one of the last affordable housing options for people with low- or fixed-incomes.
Portland Drug Dealer Gets 10 Years In Federal Prison
Law enforcement continues to target drug activity in the central part of Oregon. A Portland drug dealer was sentenced recently to 10 years in federal prison.
Oregon Business Gets 1st Psilocybin License
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has issued the state's first psilocybin license as part of the nation's first regulatory framework for psilocybin services.
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