Transit activists have asked TriMet to implement a low-income fare similar to its reduced honored citizens fare for seniors and people with disabilities. Photo by Steve Morgan (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Organization says TriMet’s new budget needs to reduce the burden for transit-dependent riders
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READ MOREIn this June 28,1968 file photo, presidential candidate, former Alabama Gov, George Wallace arrives in Boston. Donald Trump promises to “Make America Great Again.” George Wallace said he would “Stand up for America.” The 2016 Republican presidential front-runner doesn’t say he’s following the 1960s playbook of the Alabama segregationist, a four-time presidential hopeful. (AP Photo, File)
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READ MORERep. Tricia Ann Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, speaks on the House floor as North Carolina lawmakers gather for a special session Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in Raleigh, N.C. Lawmakers will consider stopping a new Charlotte ordinance set to take effect April 1 that gives protections to transgender people to use the restroom of their gender identity. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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READ MOREThe SOUL District focuses on Black-owned commercial properties near NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Part of the vision is to have the best MLK Jr. Blvd. in the country.
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READ MOREPeople assemble at a Republican caucus site Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Both front-runners, Trump and Clinton, scored victories in the night's biggest prize of Arizona
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READ MOREA new conceptualized Mississippi state flag sits on the desk of Rep. Kathy Sykes, D-Jackson, in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 17. The Mississippi legislature floated 12 bills this intended to remove the Confederate emblem from its state flag, all of which died – prompting Oregon lawmakers to remove the Mississippi flag from the Capitol grounds in Salem. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Lawmakers waited before pulling it from Walk of Flags
READ MORERental costs are rising sharply shutting out low-income families
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