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SALEM — As the United States Supreme Court moves closer to overturning 50 years of precedent set by the Roe v. Wade decision and states across the country aim to
In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Oregon's nonunanimous jury system was unconstitutional as well as rooted in racism and discrimination. Senate Bill 1511, now dead, would have extended the court's ruling retroactively to some such convictions.
Many are calling foul on the city’s allocation last week of an additional $5.2 million to the Portland Police Bureau’s annual budget of $230 million. In explaining his decision, Mayor Ted Wheeler cited record homicides and shootings since the beginning of the year, clarifying his goal to hire 300 additional PPB staff members over the next three years, 200 of them armed officers. Much of the funding increase will go to recruitment.