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Elijah Warren’s Story Spurs Police Reform in Oregon House “Mr. Warren deserves better policing and deserves more from all of us.” Elijah Warren says he and his son are still processing his injury. “You can tell [my son’s] traumatized from the situation.” Warren says. “He knew I was going outside, and I come back bloody.” (Alex Wittwer) Updated April 27 at 6:58 PM The Oregon House passed nine bills April 26 that increase oversight of police. Among them: House Bill 2929, which requires a police officer to report another officer’s misconduct.
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Murmurs: Light Rail Battle Resumes on Columbia River Bridge In other news: Elijah Warren’s story spurs reform. Updated April 28
LIGHT RAIL BATTLE RESUMES ON COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE: Early talks on the next Columbia River bridge have hit the same snag that sank the last one: light rail. Earlier this month, Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer told
WW that a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia would need to include a light rail line or it wouldn’t be funded by the Biden administration. In an April 21 op-ed published on a conservative-leaning news site, Clark County Today, three Republican lawmakers in Washington state including Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler voiced renewed skepticism. “This same stubborn, top-down attitude effectively killed the last I-5 bridge replacement effort,’ Herrera Beut