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While Portland’s police chief has encouraged residents to exercise their First Amendment rights in response to recent ...

This story has been updated with additional reporting. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield says his office will open a ...

After more than seven hours and multiple rounds of voting, Portland City Council failed to elect a president Wednesday. The ...

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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is planning to exit some homeless residents from the city’s alternative shelters, instead ...

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Against a backdrop of ongoing protests at the ICE building in Portland, and local leaders lambasting the Department of ...

A Portland man is suing several government entities, alleging he served prison time for causing a fatal overdose that never ...