Oregon and Washington lawmakers got a clearer idea Friday of what a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River might look like, how much drivers may pay to use it and how residents of both states can stay involved as the project moves toward construction.
Nearly two dozen police conduct and accountability bills passed this year but they represent only the beginning in the minds of reformers. The bills were about “laying the groundwork to reimagine public safety,” said Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, Oregon’s lone Black woman lawmaker and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee On Equitable Policing. Lawmakers were spurred .