Gun Control
Portland State University announced Thursday that its Campus Public Safety officers will begin conducting their patrols without firearms. The university said this is the first step in its process to reimagine campus safety.
President Trump told Fox Business Network that he's against funding and election assistance for the U.S. Postal Service in order to sabotage efforts to expand mail-in voting.
After five years of fine-tuning, Portland City Council has voted for a dramatic overhaul of its zoning code to allow more homes to be built in nearly all of the city’s residential neighborhoods.
GLOBAL PANDEMIC
The coronavirus pandemic has shut down competitive athletics for more colleges in the region, including the University of Portland, Portland State and Gonzaga.
It's still unclear when or if Oregonians will get the supplemental unemployment benefits created by President Trump last weekend.
Demetria Hester has been of the prominent voices in nightly protests against police violence and systemic racism in Portland. Last month, she was one of the central figures in the dissolution of the Wall of Moms, and the creation of the new, Black-led group, Moms United for Black Lives. She spoke with "Think Out Loud" host Dave Miller about the protests so far, and what comes next in what she calls the "revolution."
Oregon lawmakers finished a whirlwind legislative session on Monday. They worked 15 hours. They passed 11 bills. And they managed to close a $1.5 billion budget shortfall.
Bayocean, "the town that fell into the sea," stands as a warning to the hubris of our ever-spreading society.
