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Supporters of a proposal to hand Oregon’s redistricting process to an independent commission hoped lawmakers would consider and take input on the plan during the five-month session. With less than three weeks left, it appears lawmakers will go home without holding a single public hearing on the commission proposal, House Joint Resolution 7. Dismayed supporters including good government groups, ...

Despite voters’ overwhelming support for campaign contribution limits, Oregon lawmakers appear close to giving up on efforts to pass such limits this legislative session. On Tuesday, a central proponent proposed that the Legislature scrap donation caps and instead focus on creating a state program to match small donations with public funds. “We just felt this was the one thing we could get ...

Portland Tuesday weather brings year’s first 90-degree day, heat advisory in Columbia River Gorge OregonLive.com 58 mins ago Rosemarie Stein, oregonlive.com © Dave Killen/The Oregonian With temperatures that reached the mid-nineties, people found a variety of ways to cool off in the Willamette River in the afternoon on June 11, 2019. The high temperatures were expected to continue on Wednesday. Dave Killen / Staff The first day of June will also be Portland’s first day this year with high temperatures reaching the 90s. The National Weather Service expects Southwest Wa...

The one-year anniversary of racial justice protests in Portland started out with a small, heartfelt tribute to George Floyd, the man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer a year ago Tuesday. A group of protesters clashed with police in downtown Portland later in the evening, resulting in at least two arrests by 10 p.m. A group of about 100 protesters gathered at Revolution Hall, the ...

When Margaret Carter reflects on police, she remembers the 1970s, when officers in North Portland planted marijuana in people’s cars and arrested them. Since then, said Carter — the first Black woman elected to the Oregon Legislature — little has changed to restore trust between Black Portlanders and police officers. And continued police killings of Black Americans have only exacerbated these ...