Oregon Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Multnomah County’s Flavored Tobacco Vape Ban
Legal challenges have so far delayed the ordinance from taking effect since it was passed four years ago. It was not immediately clear when the ban would go into effect.
Hearings Office Says City Can Start Fining ICE Building Landlord in Two Weeks
In 14 days, the city can begin fining building owner Stuart Lindquist $934 per month if the violations aren’t corrected, and double that if they persist after three months.
Immigration Lawyers Sue ICE for Oregon Detention Center Plans
The lawsuit is the latest chapter in the saga of ICE’s secretive plans for detention centers in the state.
Elections Complaint Alleges a Dozen Violations by Canvassers for Police Hiring Initiative
The complaint alleges that canvassers repeatedly failed to carry a copy of the ballot initiative’s complete text and falsely stated that the measure would hire mental health responders and 911 dispatchers.
Participatory Budget Initiative Backers Submit Whopping 78,000 Signatures
The initiative appears to shatter the record for most signatures by 15,000.
Initiative to Hire Police Officers Looks Like It Will Make the November Ballot
The backers of a ballot initiative that would tap the Portland Clean Energy Fund to hire police officers announced Monday that it had collected more than 62,000 signatures, well over the required 40,437 to get on the November ballot.
Mini-Mart Owner Sentenced to 13 Months for Delivering Heroin
The sentencing resolves just one of Donald Sharma’s many charges for delivering cocaine, heroin and fentanyl near North Portland’s Dawson Park.
Police Union Gives Nearly $800,000 to PAC Behind Ballot Initiative to Hire Police
The Portland Police Association, the union representing sworn police officers, has donated $793,532 to the political action committee behind a hotly debated ballot initiative that would use revenues from the city’s climate tax to hire some 400 additional police officers.
Protesters Arrested Outside ICE Faced Daunting Prison Sentences—and Mostly Ended Up With Short Probations
The accused were brought before federal judges and told they could spend years in federal prison. But then, a WW review of the cases has found, most of them came to nothing.
Flock Congratulates Oregon for Not Restricting Its Operations Too Much
Oregon’s new law limits automated license plate readers while preserving many potential uses for law enforcement operations. The country’s biggest manufacturer of those readers seems at peace with it.










