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Statue to be taken down as soon as tonight after it was the scene of an ambush on Police Officers by rioters trying to turn down the iconic memorial. We will take you there live. With tough polling numbers and battleground states the president makes a pitch to suburban housewives focusing on education and getting kids back to School Safely and repairing repeal a Housing Initiative that many conservatives argue would wipe out the suburbs as you now know them. The president projecting an image of calm reassurance, money for schools in the wake of coronavirus, Safer Communities in the wake of rio...

  Clean & Safe: A Dirty and Dangerous Contract for Portland: Every year, Downtown Clean & Safe receives over $5 million to provide “enhanced services” to 213 blocks of Portland’s Central City. Yet below the surface of this seemingly benign contract lie threats to public transparency, public services, and even progressive public policies. In this segment, Guest Mole Alyssa

Well we’re FINALLY coming back to our senses (a little bit). So many poor decisions in Portland have led to record setting traffic violence. It will take years to reduce the death toll caused by the inane policies en…

It’s been a banner week in the checkered history of the Portland Police Bureau. Former City Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty won a considerable settlement after being framed for a hit-and-run by members of the PPB; and Chief Chuck Lovell has resigned. With a radical reimagining of city government on the horizon, what next for the Bureau? Jon Traci and Abe for more.

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