DHS funding dispute in Congress continues A TSA agent assists travelers at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Trump signed the action with an eye toward easing long security lines at ma

Stolen items recovered during enforcement mission The Portland Police Bureau is continuing its efforts to address retail theft by conducting another retail theft mission, this time in the Jantzen Beach Shopping Center. (Photo courtesy of Portland Police Bureau) On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, officers from North Precinct Neighborhood Response Team conducted a retail theft mission at Jantzen Beach Shopping Center.  During this daytime operation, law enforcement contacted individ

Organizers rename, delay or cancel observances Pedestrians walk below an image of César Chavez on mural in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (AP) - Many of the upcoming celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely canceled in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while at the helm of the United Farm Workers Union. Labor rights activist Dolores

Operations at risk without restored security funds Travelers wait at a TSA security checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Nov. 30, 2025, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) (AP) The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers including airport security off

J udge curbs federal crowd-control tactics at protests moving forward U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent’s standoff against demonstrators as tear gas fills the air outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs building during a protest in Portland, Ore., June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) (AP) A federal judge in Oregon on Monday restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, in respon

Group Invests $50M to Elevate Child Care, Elder Care in 2026 Races Children draw in one of the classrooms at the Children’s Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) (AP) An advocacy group seeking to expand support for child and elder care says it plans to spend $50 million to boost Democrats in key congressional races, aiming to tie the rising cost of caregiving to the nation’s broader affordability debate. T

Bipartisan move recognizes Black history Artwork portraying Frederick Douglass rests on a table during a formal dedication of the House Press Gallery to be named after Frederick Douglass on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) (AP) - The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black lawmakers. The ren

Affordable Housing Tenants Ask Judge to Rein in Tear Gas Near ICE Facility Law enforcement officers stand in the street to allow vehicles to leave a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest in Portland, OR October 11 2025. (AP photo/Jenny Kane, File) (AP) — Multiple residents of an affordable housing complex in Portland, Oregon, have bought gas masks to wear in their own homes to protect themselves from tear gas fired by federal agents outside the im

Prominent voice for racial justice after King  Rev. Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP) The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, J

Justice brings long-awaited closure Elizabeth Wasson (Photo courtesy of Washington Co. District Attorney’s Office) The Washington County District Attorney’s Office’s Cold Case Unit, in partnership with the Hillsboro Police Department, has linked infamous serial killer Cesar Barone to the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Hillsboro resident Elizabeth Wasson. Mrs. Wasson was found murdered in her home on September 23, 1992. The 82-year-old woman was beloved by friends and fami

A pioneering public servant, she dedicated her career to advancing equity, justice and opportunity across the state Portrait by Richard E. Brown Avel Louise Gordly was born in 1947 in Portland, to Beatrice and Fay Lee Gordly, a working-class family. Her father was a Union Pacific Pullman Porter. She went on to serve with the American Friends Service Committee, Black United Front, and later as State Representative and the first Black woman State Senator from 1991-2009.

Guilty plea brings life prison term Mohamed Osman Adan (Photo courtesy of Multnomah County District Attorney's Office) Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Jenna Plank Tuesday (12/30/25) sentenced Mohamed Osman Adan to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years. Adan pled guilty to Murder in the Second Degree for the brutal killing of his domestic partner, Racheal Abraham on August 27, 2022.  Adan was also convicted of Felony Strangulation Constituting Domestic

Federal action raises questions for programs People gather for a news conference at the state capitol in St. Paul Minn., on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (AP Giovanna Dell’Orto) (AP) The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents. All 50 states will be impacted by the review, but the Republ

Trump warns he could revive the deployments later even after court setbacks Protesters stand off against California National Guard soldiers at federal building in downtown Los Angeles (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stron

Reflecting on the Fair Housing Act law made after her father’s killing Bernice King daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Jr Center Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) Bernice King warned that decades of progress toward fair and equitable housing in the United States are at risk as the Trump administration moves to cut funding for housing-related programs and nonprofits that investigate discrimination co

ODOT promotes awareness and reporting An ODOT variable message sign raises awareness of Human Trafficking Prevention Month (Photo courtesy of ODOT) The Oregon Department of Transportation is supporting January’s Human Trafficking Prevention Month, designed to educate people about human trafficking and the role we all play in preventing and reporting the crime. Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that involves using force, fraud, or pressure to obtain cheap labor or

Targeted efforts credited with ongoing declines IACP Award The Portland Police Stolen Vehicle Operations (SVOs) have continued to show results, including arrests and recovered stolen vehicles. Additionally, the innovative, data-driven initiative is getting more national recognition. This year, there have been 10 Stolen Vehicle Operations missions, involving PPB and nine outside agencies, including the Gresham Police Department, Port of Portland Police Department, Multnomah Co

Legacy Executives Refuse To Bargain Ahead of Strike Frontline healthcare workers from ONA, OFNHP and AFT show their support for advanced practice providers (APPs) at Legacy Health who are preparing for a strike. Photo Courtesy of ONA   The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Legacy Health  for illegally refusing to meet with advanced practice providers (APPs) and come to a fair contract agreement to prevent a strike. While Legacy

S uspect seeks to block evidence in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing case Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Benjamin B. Braun/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) AP-Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last year and Mangione’s arrest five days later at a McDonald’s

Cheney Expanded Vice Presidential Power & Championed the Iraq War after 9/11 President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney embrace following President Bush’s acceptance speech in Madison Square Garden during the final night of the Republican National Convention Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file) (AP) Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading