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The tracts have had 20 percent or more of their population living in poverty at various intervals over the past 30 years. Just over 4 percent of the state’s population qualifies for the designation.
Many residents of downtown Portland and Gresham’s Rockwood neighborhood are in “persistent poverty,” a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows.
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The 25-page report highlights what Multnomah County did before, during and after the deadly Pacific Northwest heat wave in late June.
SALEM â Gov. Kate Brown on Friday, April 16 acknowledged the alarming rise of COVID-19 in Oregon -- which one new forecast predicts will exceed more than 1,200 new cases per day and 300 actively hospitalized patients in the next several weeks. During a live-streamed news conference, Brown said she is sticking by her decision earlier this month to loosen restrictions prohibiting indoor dining at bars and restaurants in counties with the highest COVID-19 rates because she wants to avoid a repeat from this past winter when such measures effectively âclosed the economy down.â â...