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Despite increasing pressure on Rep. Diego Hernandez to resign amid allegations he harassed women, the Democratic lawmaker is fighting back. A nine-month
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The committee met for 2 1/2 hours Monday night and was scheduled to resume hearings Tuesday.
The committee did conclude that Hernandez s throwing of a cell phone at the woman made her uncomfortable in their relationship, and was verbally and physically threatening.
The committee has not yet concluded its findings on the woman identified only as Subject 2, and still has yet to review the allegations raised by the other women.
The report by two lawyers from the Portland firm of Jackson Lewis, released Jan. 26, makes no conclusions about whether Hernandez actually violated a House rule that bars sexual harassment creating a hostile work environment. The rule was broadened in 2019 to cover not only the Legislature and staff members, but also anyone doing business with them. Lafky said some of the allegations against Hernandez predate that rule change.
Updated January 27 Multnomah County number crunchers last week projected a 21% reduction in the amount of money that will be collected by the county s income tax to fund tuition-free preschool. Last fall, the Preschool for All campaign for Ballot Measure 26-214 told voters it had consulted with multiple technical experts to arrive at its projected revenue figures. The money will provide tuition-free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds funded by a new personal income tax of 1.5 % on joint filers earning more than $200,000 and 3% on joint filers earning more than $400,000. In the fall, the campaign told voters it expected the new tax, the first of its kind in the nation, to raise $133 million in its first year and to climb steadily from there.
Jan 18, 2021
As part of a national memorial to remember and honor those Americans who have died of COVID-19, the Oregon Convention Center will be lighted in red, white, and blue Tuesday, January 19.
Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson requested the lighting as part of President-elect Joe Biden’s effort to recognize the roughly 400,000 Americans who have now died of COVID. The number of dead will soon surpass the number of Americans killed in all of World War II, making the COVID-19 epidemic the third most deadly tragedy in American history, after the 1918 Influenza outbreak and the U.S. Civil War.