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Senator-designate Courtney Neron to Serve Remainder of Term Held by Late Senator Aaron Woods
County commissioners in Washington, Clackamas and Yamhill counties have chosen State Rep. Courtney Neron yesterday to serve in Senate Dist.13. The district covers Wilsonville, Sherwood, King City, Tigard and parts of Beaverton and Yamhill County. It was most recently represented by the late Sen. Aaron Woods
Bill to Help Churches, Nonprofits Turn Extra Property into Affordable Housing Advances to Senate
Faith leaders estimate there are thousands of acres of prime real estate being offered by shrinking congregations.
Food For All Oregonians Bill Moves Forward For Young Children
SB 611 would extend food benefits to all eligible young children, regardless of immigration status.
Albina Vision Trust, No More Freeways Clash During City Council Hearing
No More Freeways claims ODOT is planning larger expansion than expected.
East Portland TIF District Community Leadership Committees – Applications Now Open
Each district-specific committee’s purpose is to advise PHB and Prosper Portland staff, the Portland City Council, and the Prosper...
Merkley, Wyden Blast Trump Administration’s Attacks on Head Start
42 lawmakers write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump admin’s actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to...
Alerting People About Rights Is Protected Under Oregon Senate Bill
Senate Bill 1191 says telling someone about their rights isn’t a crime in Oregon. ...
1803 Fund Makes Investment in Black Youth Education
The1803 Fund has announced a decade-long investment into Self Enhancement Inc. and Albina Head Start. The investment will take shape...
Senate Democrats Keep School Book Decisions Local and Fair
The Freedom to Read bill says books depicting race, sex, religion and other groups have to be judged by the same standards as all...
Cuts to Minority Business Development Agency Leaves 3 Staff
6B CDFI affordable capital for local investment also at risk ...
The Courage of Rep. Al Green: A Mandate for the People, Not the Powerful
If his colleagues truly believed in the cause, they would have risen in protest beside him, marched out of that chamber arm in arm with him, and defended him from censure rather than allowing Republicans to frame the narrative. ...
Bending the Arc: Advancing Equity in a New Federal Landscape
January 20th, 2025 represented the clearest distillation of the crossroads our country faces. ...
Trump’s America Last Agenda is a Knife in the Back of Working People
Donald Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just how brutally he went after our country’s working people in the first few days – even the first few hours – after he was...
Charlene Crowell advises readers on ensuring your car loan is a square deal
This Sunday, July 10, 2016 photo shows the First Baptist Church, left, the First Baptist Church of Christ, center, and Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Macon, Ga. About 170 years ago, the two Baptist churches were one congregation, albeit a church of masters and slaves. Then the fight over abolition and slavery started tearing badly at religious groups and moving the country toward Civil War. The Macon church, like many others at the time, decided it was time to separate by race. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
Neighboring Black and White churches work together to heal racial divides
