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The Reimagine Oregon project launched last summer with an ambitious policy agenda to dismantle systemic racism in the state — in housing, education, health

Justice organizations push for overtime pay for Oregon farmworkers View Comments A panel from Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste on Tuesday urged legislators to pass legislation that would require Oregon farmers to pay overtime.  Panelists included Ramon Ramirez, a founding member and former president of PCUN; Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of the Urban League of Portland; and Eric Richardson, executive director of the Lane County NAACP. Sharon Gary-Smith, president of Portland's NAACP, moderated the discussion. If House Bill 2358 passes, agricultural workers would only be a...

May 13, 2021 GMT RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former Nevada Wolf Pack basketball star Armon Johnson has been hired as the new boys’ basketball coach at Reno’s McQueen High School. McQueen Athletic Director Eric Borja confirmed the hiring, the Reno Gazette Journal reported on its web site Thursday. He’s the second former Nevada player named coach of a Reno high school in the past week after Galena High hired Olek Czyz last week. After playing for Nevada, Johnson, 32, played two seasons in the NBA. In his three-year career at Nevada, Johnson averaged 14.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 10...

April 21 2021 Feds discuss decision not to pursue charges against West Linn officers involved in 2017 false arrest. Two months after federal prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against the West Linn police officers involved in the 2017 false arrest of Michael Fesser, some in the West Linn community and others in the Portland area are still disappointed and angry at the decision. But they also have a bit of hope. An FBI investigator and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon met with community members to hear their concerns and explain their decision at a virtual ...

Proposed settlement would end dispute over aid to Blacks Pending applicants would benefit if federal judge approves, but state must commit to more data. Gov. Kate Brown has announced a tentative settlement in a legal challenge to Oregon's setting aside $62 million in federal funds to aid Black families, businesses and nonprofits. The settlement still requires approval from a federal judge. But it would resolve a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in October by Great Northern Resources, a logging company based in John Day; Dynamic Service Fire and Security, an electrical contractor...