The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.
The Oregon DMV headquarters in Salem. The agency is closing an office at Mall 205 in Portland, one of its busiest locations. (The Associated Press/File)
A recent settlement between the federal government and the ACLU of Oregon has closed one of the many lawsuits filed on behalf of protesters after the 2020 racial justice protests in downtown Portland. The owner of New deal Distillery talks with Ally about their "passport" and other products! Check it out!
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson urges unity as federal immigration crackdowns loom, reaffirming sanctuary laws to protect undocumented residents.
The National Weather Service in Portland issued a cold weather advisory for much of the Willamette Valley and northwestern Oregon, including Portland.
Tiebout, a professor at the University of Washington, died suddenly in 1968 at the age of 43, so we can’t ask him what he thinks about Portland migration. He made some assumptions that make his theory, well, a theory. He assumed people could move at no cost and that they have perfect information about tax rates and services in a variety of places.
Despite efforts to increase affordable housing and keep people housed, the Portland region's homeless population grew by more than 1,000 in 2024 and Oregon's grew by more than 2,700.
A 48-year-old Oregon man was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on Jan. 21 for an outstanding warrant for 20 counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in 2022.
In response, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden took to Bluesky — the social media platform that many have joined as an alternative to X — to weigh in on the gesture. “I’m the son of Jewish refugees that fled the Nazis,” Wyden wrote. “I know exactly what I’m looking at.”
President Donald Trump granted clemency to roughly 1,600 people charged in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a woman grandmaster.