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unemployment

Unemployment Rates Were Already Worse for Black Portlanders. Then the Pandemic Hit.

One of the reasons was discriminatory hiring practices.

Lawmakers Grill Employment Department Director Kay Erickson in Rare Saturday Hearing

Unrest Bubbles to Surface in Overwhelmed Oregon Employment Department

“The department’s refusal to permit telework has been disastrous.”

Anna Johnson Says Oregon’s Unemployment Trust Fund Now Has the State’s Largest Payroll

She authored an historically bleak jobs report.

Oregon’s April Unemployment Figures Set a New Record High, Right After March’s Historic Lows

Nearly 15 Percent of Working Oregonians Have Now Lost Their Jobs

Unemployment claims continue to roll in, but money from federal relief package is flowing to Oregonians

Could Oregon See 25 Percent Unemployment? Rukaiyah Adams Is Watching the Markets.

In the short term? It doesn’t look great. But eventually, she says, Oregonians could benefit from upheaval.

New Unemployment Claims in Oregon Continue to Set All-Time Records

Initial Unemployment Claims in Oregon Skyrocket as COVID-19 Layoffs Show Up in the System

How to Get Unemployment

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Kyle Brewster, Convicted in 1988 Killing of Mulugeta Seraw, Fought at Jan. 6 Pro-Trump Rally in Salem

Kyle Brewster, with American flag as scarf, at the state capitol on Jan. 6. (Justin Yau)

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)

Proposed Legislation Would Impose Stricter Requirements on Undersea Cables After Facebook Fiasco

A weekend visitor looks out to the ocean in Tierra del Mar on August 14, 2020. (Alex Wittwer)

Right-Wing Marchers From Across the Country Have Declared Portland Enemy Territory to Conquer

(Liz Allan)

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A Neighbor Describes What Happened When Law Enforcement Stopped Responding to an Armed Encampment in North Portland 314

Oregon’s Most Prominent QAnon Proponent and a Timber Unity Spokeswoman Attended the Insurrection at U.S. Capitol 126

U.S. Rep Kurt Schrader Votes Against $2,000 Federal Stimulus Check 102

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  72

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