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Is a pending nudity ban at Seattle’s Denny Blaine Park ‘queerphobic’?
Members of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ community are calling out a decision from a King County Superior Court judge requiring the city to crack down on public nudity at the park within the next two weeks.

Business
State attorney general alleges Morrow County officials enriched themselves in broadband deal
Defendants include longtime Republican state Rep. Greg Smith

Bullies or demonstrators? How court records are describing Portland’s ICE protests
Court records show a more nuanced picture of what federal officers have been facing.

3 Oregon students file lawsuit to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
Legal challenges to trans athletes competing in women's sports have appeared in multiple states. Three Oregon students argue trans athletes are given special privileges, including having to hire security to escort them during track meets.

Education
Federal court ruling continues yearslong lawsuit on shortened school days for Oregon students with disabilities
A federal class-action lawsuit claims Oregon failed to ensure students with disabilities receive a full day of education. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled the case should proceed.
‘The Evergreen’: How DNA can unlock — or unravel — an Oregon cold case
A few years ago, prosecutors in Washington County announced they'd finally solved the murder of Deborah Atrops, more than three decades after the case went cold — thanks, in part, to DNA. But DNA evidence, long considered the “gold standard” of evidence, isn't always as simple as it seems on television.

Pacific Northwest startup promising to replant forests faces allegations of deception in whistleblower lawsuit
Carbon credits are meant to help fight climate change by allowing companies to offset their emissions through projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere. But Seattle-based Mast Reforestation — a startup that raised millions to replant wildfire-scarred forests — is now facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it misled investors and partners about the value and viability of its carbon offset projects.
Politics
Trump administration challenges Oregon over voter rolls in lawsuit
At issue is whether the state is complying with a decades-old federal voting law.

Federal judge finds Oregon in contempt over mental health care delays for people in jail
A federal judge has found Oregon’s state health agency in contempt of a 2002 court order that requires severely mentally ill detainees be swiftly admitted to the state psychiatric hospital.

Portland to pay $8.5M settlement to descendants of displaced Black families
On Thursday, Portland City Council approved a settlement for more than 20 people whose homes and businesses were destroyed in the name of urban renewal from the 1950s through the ’70s.