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Flower, pre-rolls, edibles, carts and more. These 4 Days of 420 are for you. "This is a moment of change," said Steven Schuback, the outside labor attorney hired to lead the city's negotiations, at the start of Wednesday's session. Since the negotiations were put on pause by the pandemic—a decision that eventually forced the city to extend the expiring contract past its June 30 end date—a national uprising against racist policing and police brutality drew tens of thousands of Portlanders to the streets to call for overdue changes. Officers with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) responded t...

Oregon lawmakers of color unveil 2021 agenda January 14 2021 A record number of 12 this session offer 40 bills to 'write a new chapter in history.' Lawmakers from Oregon's racial and ethnic minorities have laid out their agenda for a session that reflects their record numbers in the state Legislature. The agenda announced by the Black, Indigenous, People of Color Caucus consists of 40 bills covering policing and criminal justice, economic opportunity, education, health care, human services and housing, tax issues and the political process. The 2021 Legislature has 12 members of c...

Members of color support effort to advance their causes and standing in the House. Rep. Janelle Bynum of Clackamas has ended her bid for speaker of the Oregon House in exchange for pledges by current Democratic leaders to ease the way for members of color to advocate their issues and advance in the chamber. The tacit agreement, which members of color endorsed Tuesday, Jan. 5, clears the way for Rep. Tina Kotek of Portland to win a fifth two-year term as speaker when the 2021 Legislature opens on Jan. 11. It also averts a potentially messy fight among the 37 majority Democrats, a record nine...

Kayse Jama, Somali refugee and advocate for powerless, wins appointment to Oregon Senate Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 Kayse Jama, director of Unite Oregon, was appointed Wednesday to a seat in the Oregon Senate. (Photo by Noble Guyon / The Oregonian|OregonLive)Noble Guyon/ The Oregonian Facebook Share He will represent a long, narrow district spanning east Portland and northern Clackamas County along Interstate 205. Nine of 10 commissioners from Multnomah and Clackamas counties indicated they viewed Jama as the strongest of three nominees for the position put forward by the De...

Black civic leaders in Oregon heard the alarm bells early in the pandemic. Data and anecdotes around the country suggested that the coronavirus was disproportionately killing Black people. Locally, Black business owners had begun fretting about their livelihoods, as stay-at-home orders and various other measures were put into place. Many did not have valuable houses they could tap for capital, and requests for government assistance had gone nowhere. After convening several virtual meetings, the civic leaders proposed a bold and novel solution that state lawmakers approved in July. The state w...