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During a trailblazing public service career, Avel Gordly worked to improve police accountability, mental health treatment and the lives of disadvantaged Oregonians. She died Monday of natural causes.

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Temporary tear gas restriction outside Portland’s ICE building extended U.S. Justice Department attorney Brad Rosenberg urged the judge not to consider sworn written statements from Portland police or state police supervisors.

Temporary tear gas restriction outside Portland’s ICE building extended

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great story by @jrlsilverman.bsky.social about the challenges of moving children with complex needs into general education classrooms at PPS.

finally!

Moda Center renovation request will slam into clean energy fund power struggle The question of who controls the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund could help determine whether a plan to pull up to $75 million for the Moda Center advances.

The dispute over $15 M from Portland’s cash‑rich clean energy fund is only a small precursor to the much larger battle looming over the $75 M the mayor wants for the Moda Center renovation. With @jonathanmbach.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon family released, on their way home from Texas detention center The Gresham family will return from Texas with U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter early on Saturday.

BREAKING: detained Oregon family released www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

'The judge said there’s clear evidence of potential future harm, noting the overwhelming material documenting “broad-reaching dragnet, sweeping approaches” that will continue to force people who would otherwise not be targets to be “caught up again and again” by federal immigration officers.'

Judge restricts federal officers’ use of force at Portland ICE protests The temporary order lasts 14 days. A hearing is set for March to extend the order.

Judge restricts federal officers’ use of force at Portland ICE protests

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Oregon 7-year-old and parents arrested at ER still held in ICE center in Texas Lawmakers and lawyers are working to get the family, which has a pending asylum claim, released.

Why is the 7-year-old from Oregon and her parents still being held in a Texas detention center? Do they have a legal path out? Read my update to find out. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

excellent story by @apnews.com staffers

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The volume of gas agents federal agents deployed Saturday in Portland went far beyond the security gate, protesters say, and reached marchers hundreds of feet from the facility.
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What is it like to stay in a Portland-area homeless shelter? We want to hear from you The Oregonian/OregonLive wants to hear directly from people who have used homeless services what works and what doesn't.

We’re doing a survey of people who have stayed in homeless shelters. No paywall. Please send to anyone you think has something to say! Or like/re-post to increase the likelihood the right people will see it. THANKS
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ICE made reckless arrests of farmworkers, Oregon judge finds Judge ordered the removal of ankle monitors and intensive ICE supervision for two Guatemalan workers pulled from a van in Marion County

ICE made reckless arrests of farmworkers, Oregon judge finds

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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

The family has a pending asylum claim. Read my story to find out more: ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland? Little is still known about the two people who were shot and wounded by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Portland last week. Here’s what we have learned.

Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland? here's what I've found out: www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Oregon electric utilities have strict green-power deadlines. They’re way off track Slow compliance puts utilities' ability to meet the emission targets in doubt and could drive up costs for ratepayers.

and in part 2, Ted Sickinger writes about why Oregon’s largest electric utilities are unlikely to meet state climate targets. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

‘A 9-gigawatt problem’: Northwest’s soaring energy demand, supply constraints, could spark new power crisis Data centers are straining electricity supplies even as Oregon tries to switch to renewable power. That’s put the grid’s reliability in doubt.

also, here's the first part in our series on Oregon's looming energy crunch: @rogoway.bsky.social writes about the 9-gigawatt problem and the power crisis it could spell. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Will consumers pay for Oregon’s climate ambitions, data center boom? Electricity bills have soared in Oregon in the past six years, with nearly 58,000 residents disconnected last year. Experts say bills could climb sharply as utilities aim to meet ambitious state clima...

The multibillion-dollar question is whether households and small businesses will foot the bill for surging appetite for energy from data centers, on top of the state's clean energy mandates. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

US citizen says ICE forced him out of Minnesota home in his underwear He says ICE showed up at his home without a warrant and 'broke down the door.'

He says ICE agents forced open a door and detained him at gunpoint, without a warrant, then led him out in subfreezing conditions. via @apnews.com www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

Trump’s appeal of Oregon ruling barring National Guard deployment gets June hearing in 9th Circuit Lawyers for the president have refused to drop the appeal, at least for now, despite losing a similar case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump’s appeal of Oregon ruling barring National Guard deployment gets June hearing in 9th Circuit

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Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland? Little is still known about the two people who were shot and wounded by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Portland last week. Here’s what we have learned.

Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland?

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Oregon couple deported, forced to leave toddler behind The separation is one of dozens happening in Oregon, with ICE detaining both parents or single parents, leaving small children in the care of relatives, family friends, babysitters and in the foster c...

Oregon couple deported, forced to leave toddler behind www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...

great story by my colleague @lmonghughes.bsky.social

In a first, Oregon lawmakers say they’ve met school funding targets. Education advocates beg to differ The debate centers on whether the state has provided enough money to school districts to provide a "quality education," where 90% of students will graduate on time.

I will bring the🍿to the Nov. 19 hearing at the OR legislature's joint committee on Public Education Appropriations on this bombshell new report: www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Private equity firm to buy Zenith Energy, Portland’s controversial fuel terminal Miami-based I Squared Capital, specializing in global infrastructure investments, said it plans to complete the transition from fossil fuel storage to renewable fuels by October 2027.

newest plot twist: private equity firm to buy Zenith Energy www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Former Univision anchor fights ICE misinformation with newscast from a Portland basement The need for balanced Spanish-language news has become pressing in recent months as masked federal agents have detained hundreds of people in Oregon, undocumented residents and U.S. citizens alike.

Born in Calexico, on the Mexican border, he grew up steeped in Latino culture and speaking Spanish. He dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. Now he's producing a Spanish-language newscast in a Portland basement, filling a news hole for Latinos in Oregon. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...

ICE rumors multiply fears in Oregon amid Trump crackdown Sorting fact from fiction is increasingly difficult as ICE tactics intensify and fear spreads.

Misinformation, spread both by earnest would-be allies and and opportunists seeking to cash in, is compounding ICE fears in and around Portland. @gosiawoz.bsky.social reports:

‘An incredible privilege and a daunting task’: Oregon tribe harvests beached whale for the first time in generations The Siletz tribe took apart the 20,000 pound humpback after it was euthanized Monday.

"Nobody in the tribe had ever done it before, and nobody could remember the last time it happened." The unfolding story of the whale that had become entangled in crabbing gear and had beached itself on the Oregon coast, via @jamiehale.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/native-ameri...

Portland grapples with how to shore up 1 high school without imperiling 3 others As Portland Public Schools readies a massive renovation of Jefferson High School, the district faces some pushback against proposals to boost enrollment by ending a high school choice policy.

remarkable story by @jrlsilverman.bsky.social If hundreds more kids are brought into the renovated Jefferson HS, it may hobble three other high schools in North and Northeast Portland... while the "enrollment iceberg" looms large. www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Oregon teen makes tearful plea after dad’s ICE detention Abril Aldama’s anguished city council testimony is emblematic of the trauma immigrant families say is inflicted by ICE agents in Oregon and nationwide.

Abril Aldama’s anguished city council testimony is emblematic of the trauma immigrant families say is inflicted by ICE agents in Oregon and nationwide.