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Details: Written by CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 30 April 2024

Cheng "Charlie" Saephan (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer won an enormous $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month. But Cheng “Charlie” Saephan's luck hasn't just changed his life — it's also drawn attention to Iu Mien, a southeast Asian ethnic group with origins in China, many of whose members fled from Laos to Thailand and then settled in the U.S. following the Vietnam War.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 25 April 2024

Portland resident Marcie Cadell testifies against a proposed blanket public camping ban.

Mayor Wheeler’s proposal for non-emergency ordinance will go to second reading.

Details: Written by DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press; Published: 24 April 2024

(AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

In support of DEI, Oregon and Washington have forged ahead with legislation to expand their emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion in government and education.

Details: Written by DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer; Published: 24 April 2024

Seattle Storm guard Epiphanny Prince (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

A day after announcing her retirement, Epiphanny Prince has a new job working with the New York Liberty as director of player and community engagement. Prince will serve on the basketball operations and business staffs, bringing her 14 years of WNBA experience to the franchise.

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2024

Operational lead Willie Morrow stocks shelves at Cloud 9 Cannabis as the store prepares to open. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities. But efforts to help those most affected participate in the newly legal sector have been halting.

Details: Written by Serin Houston, Mount Holyoke College and Dan Trudeau, Macalester College, for The Conversation; Published: 22 April 2024

Seattle is marking the first anniversary of its landmark Race and Social Justice Initiative ordinance. Signed into law in April 2023, the ordinance highlights race and racism because of the pervasive inequities experienced by people of color

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 18 April 2024

Plenary organizer and Don’t Shoot Portland founder Teressa Raiford

The yearly Memory Work for Black Lives Plenary shows the power of preservation.

Details: Written by CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2024

Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled for April 22. The case has broad implications for cities, including whether they can fine or jail people for camping in public. Since 2020, court orders have barred Grants Pass from enforcing its anti-camping laws. Now, the city is asking the justices to review lower court rulings it says has prevented it from addressing the city's homelessness crisis. Rights groups say people shouldn’t be punished for lacking housing.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 11 April 2024

Proposals from the city, PPS, Metro and Urban Flood Safety & Water Quality District.

Details: Written by AP News; Published: 11 April 2024

KGW-TV reports Wally Wentz, owner of Gator’s Custom Guns in Kelso, described Monday as “magazine day” at his store. Wentz is behind the court challenge to Washington’s high-capacity magazine ban, with the help of the Silent Majority Foundation in eastern Washington.