By Liza Honaker, Staff Writer A hospital and the city of Portland, Oregon are being sued for forcibly displacing over 80 predominantly Black families from the central Albina area in the 1970s.[1] The lawsuit was filed with the Portland Division of the District of Oregon on December 8, 2022, by […]
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Oregon Extends Medically Assisted Death to Non-Residents
By Rebecca Chieffallo, Staff Writer Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act was first approved by a slight majority of 51% of Oregon voters in 1994, making the state the first in the nation to allow physicians to administer lethal medication doses to terminally ill patients.[1] The Act was reaffirmed by 60% of […]
Oregon’s Decriminalization of Drug Possession
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com. By Madeline Olds, Staff Writer On Election Night 2020, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of heroin, methamphetamines, oxycodone, and all other drugs. [1] Measure 110 was passed with a 58.46% approval vote, a discrepancy from the 55% in the CNN article […]