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What’s Driving the Spike in Portland Gun Violence?

Amid Anxiety About School Shootings, Nine Portland Schools Ordered Unneeded Lockdowns in the Past 13 Months

When a school goes into lockdown by mistake, students and teachers believe it’s real.

Advocates Call for Gun Control and Impeachment Inquiry at Downtown Rally

Rep. Earl Blumenauer says it’s time to “turn up the heat.”

Oregon Passed a Law to Take Guns From Troubled People. How’s It Working?

In the first 18 months, 117 “red flag” petitions were filed.

New Questions Surround a Shooting by a Security Guard at a Troubled Southeast Portland Strip Club

A grand jury ruled a fatal shooting outside a strip club justified. But the dead man’s widow is suing anyway.

Family of Terrell Johnson, Man Shot by Portland Police in 2017, Files Suit Against City

Terrell Johnson, then 24, was shot by a Portland Police officer, at the Flavel MAX in Southeast Portland.

Muslim Leader Demands Oregon Lawmakers Hold Public Hearings on White Nationalism

“Far right radicalization is going to last years,” says Zakir Khan, “and we need to hear plans on what they’re going to do about it.”

Portlanders Call 911 to Report “Unwanted” People More Than Any Other Reason. We Listened In.

Here’s what it sounds like when Portland calls the cops.

Portland Police Fired at People Six Times in the Last 100 Days

Portland police fired guns at two people in the first week of 2019. The shootings, one fatal, make the last 100 days as violent as any full year since 2010.

New Poll: Vast Majority of Oregon Parents and Teachers Want Guns Locked at Home

A newly formed nonprofit says gun storage is the top priority to reduce mass shootings at schools.

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