A vote on whether to expel Rep. Diego Hernandez from the Oregon House, scheduled for Tuesday, has been delayed due to widespread power outages in Salem and bad weather forecast for the Salem area and elsewhere in the state, legislative officials announced Sunday. The vote on whether to accept a House Conduct Committee recommendation to oust the Portland Democrat is likely to be scheduled for .
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Rep. Diego Hernandez Files a Lawsuit Seeking to Block His Expulsion Next Week Hernandez, who the House Conduct Committee found harassed multiple women, seeks $1 million in damages and asks the court to block an explusion vote. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 12 State Rep. Diego Hernandez filed suit today in Marion County Circuit Court seeking a preliminary injunction to halt a vote on the House floor to expel him that could be held as soon as Feb. 16.
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Murmurs: Police Called to Ryan Home Four Times Since October In other news: Vandals hit Jade District. Dan Ryan. (Courtesy of Dan Ryan) Updated February 10
POLICE CALLED TO RYAN S HOME FOUR TIMES SINCE OCTOBER: Portland police have been dispatched to City Commissioner Dan Ryan s home at least four times since October, according to public records obtained by
WW. The incidents surrounded Ryan s Nov. 5 vote against cutting the Portland Police Bureau s budget by $18 million. The first dispatch occurred Oct. 28, when protesters arrived at the commissioner s home one week prior to the vote. On Nov. 1, police responded to a report of vandalism there, records say. Then, on Nov. 5, the day of the vote, police were called to an incident labeled as arson and another described as an open investigation. (It is unc