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The latest episode of “Beat Check with The Oregonian” takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most challenging assignments Portland journalists ... by both police and protesters.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio attended the sentencing, where he called on President Donald Trump to pardon the ...

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The protests — which began Friday after federal immigration raids in LA — have caused chaos in the nation’s second-largest ...

Portland City Councilor Mitch Green proposed taking unspent police funds and creating a set-aside fund that all public safety ...

It’s the debate we've been hearing for years, and it hinges on one simple question, how much should we fund the police?

Portland City Councilors approved an amendment to move $2.2 million from the police budget and put the money toward public safety agencies.

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