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- Federal officers have been using unmarked vehicles to detain Portland protesters since at least July 14. The administration says officers are protecting federal property, but interviews show they're also detaining people nowhere near it.
- #BREAKING: Democrat Tina Kotek will be Oregon’s next governor.
- Police say they've been looking for the man who pulled a gun on antifascist protesters at Saturday's violent protest in downtown Portland. He isn't that hard to find. Our reporters saw him leading a rally in front of Gresham City Hall yesterday.
- The Republican from Independence faces a criminal investigation and possible loss of some legislative powers.
- Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says she asked for federal wildfire help two weeks ago. "I was told point-blank ‘no.'" bit.ly/2f56GLJ
- BREAKING: US regulators met today and quickly approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in what will be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world. opb.org/article/2022/1…
- The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Chuck F. Sams III Thursday as the first Native American to serve as director of the National Parks Service in its 105-year history.
- Wall Street investment funds took control of Oregon’s private forests. Now, wealthy timber corporations reap the benefits of tax cuts that have cost rural counties billions, an investigation by @tonyvschick, @robwdavis and @LyllaYounes reveals.
- Portland police arrest Black people at a per capita rate 4.3 times higher than white people, the fifth worst in the country, according to new data. bit.ly/2MJ1D7F
- Oregon has become the first state in the nation to change its constitution to explicitly declare affordable health care a fundamental right. opb.org/article/2022/1…
- The protests downtown last night felt different. Why? It was the first night of protests in nearly three weeks without federal law enforcement officers involved. @_jlevinson and @ryanjhaas report. bit.ly/2EDl6SU
- A judge ruled the city of Portland must open an investigation into Mayor Ted Wheeler's sizable loan to his own reelection campaign, which breaks voter-approved campaign finance rules.
- The Nez Perce Tribe is reclaiming an ancestral village site in the Eastern Oregon town of Joseph more than a century after being pushed out the area. bit.ly/3aKNtwf
