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Details: Written by Kathryn Dawson, Office of Communications and Community Engagement, USDA Forest Service, Portland; Published: 24 October 2019

USDA Forest Service Planning Engineer Yiqiang (Kevin) Gu

Planning Engineer Yiqiang (Kevin) Gu says “Having a career that can contribute to improving other people’s lives and that can help to shape our future can be very fulfilling”

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 24 October 2019

Nate McCoy, chair of the Portland Housing Bureau Advisory Committee (Photo by Saundra Sorenson)

Nate McCoy wants city to be more inclusive of minority-owned firms.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 24 October 2019

The decision comes just two days after state police officials released body cam video showing an OSP campus officer's arrest of a Black female student

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 October 2019

Maia Bellon, has led the Washington Department of Ecology since February 2013

Ecology Director Maia Bellon submitted formal objections in which she calls the proposal ill-advised and illegal

Details: Written by Rachel La Corte Associated Press; Published: 18 October 2019

former Washington Governors (from left) Dan Evans, Chris Gregoire, and Gary Locke sit together before testifying in favor of Initiative 1000

More than two decades after voters banned affirmative action, the question of whether one's minority status should be considered in state employment, contracting, colleges admissions is back on the ballot

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 October 2019

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley

Under current law, individuals in custody who have not been convicted of a crime are denied Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans’ benefits

Details: Written by Saundra Sorensen; Published: 17 October 2019

O'Nesha Cochran, the former program director at he newly opened Diane Wade House in Portland, speaks at a May 9, 2019 Multnomah County Commission meeting after her abrupt firing from the Diane Wade House..

Leneice Rice will serve as a liaison focused on documenting and reporting feedback from a community whose faith in law enforcement has been tested