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national popular vote

National Popular Vote Bill Passes Oregon Senate After Decade-Long Effort

In a contentious meeting today, Oregon senators voted 17-12 to pass a national popular vote bill.

National Popular Voter Backer John Koza Really Doesn’t Want Senate President Peter Courtney Re-Elected

The biggest backer of the National Popular Vote campaign is spending heavily against Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney.

Anti-Peter Courtney Group Attacks His Support for Nepotism Exemptions

The group “Enough Courtney” released a second attack ad on its website.

National Popular Vote Supporters Will Target Senate President Peter Courtney for Blocking Legislation

Group says that for a decade, Courtney has stood in the way of an alternative to the Electoral College: “Oregon is an outlier and it’s because of one person.”

National Popular Vote Legislation Remains Blocked in Senate—by Democrats

After a Decade of Delays, National Popular Vote Bill Gets a Hearing in the Oregon Senate

Murmurs: What Do All Seven Members of Gov. Kate Brown's Asset-Sale Panel Have in Common?

National Popular Vote Legislation Faces a Powerful Foe

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City of Portland Urges Building Owners to Hide Dumpsters Ahead of Anticipated Civil Unrest

A Portland protester builds a flaming barricade out of dumpsters and recycling bins in September 2020. (Alex Wittwer)

A Neighbor Describes What Happened When Law Enforcement Stopped Responding to an Armed Encampment in North Portland

(Mick Hangland-Skill)

Gov. Kate Brown Delays Vaccination of Oregonians Ages 65 and Older

Portland Fire & Rescue began vaccinating its firefighters against COVID-19 on Thurs., Dec. 31, 2020. (Dave Killen / Oregonian pool photo)

A Few Hundred Proud Boys Rally in North Portland, Surrounded by Police

Proud Boys rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020. (Alex Wittwer)

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Powell’s Will Only Carry Andy Ngo’s Book Online, Not on Shelves, But Protest Continues 85

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Demands Harsher Criminal Penalties for Property Destruction  73

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