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Details: Written by Christen McCurdy; Published: 28 March 2016

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

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 27 March 2016

Watch Sanders bird clip and interview with Young Turks

Details: Written by ANDREW HINKELMAN, Associated Press; Published: 27 March 2016

Watch game highlights and NBA top 10 plays

Details: Written by BILL BARROW, Associated Press; Published: 25 March 2016

In 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)

Mogul is the latest candidate to deploy decades-old 'Southern strategy' of playing on White voters' fear and anger, analysts say

Details: Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press; Published: 24 March 2016

Rep. 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)

American Airlines, Biogen, PayPal condemn law

Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 24 March 2016

The 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.

The newly proposed ‘Soul District’ would encourage Black entrepreneurs

Details: Written by STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2016

People 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

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 21 March 2016

The Skanner News presented Maxine Fitzpatrick as their choice for 2015 Newsmaker of the Year

Details: Written by Christen McCurdy; Published: 21 March 2016

A 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