Gillian Flaccus
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Portland, OR, United States
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Lawmaker calls for investigation of Oregon ballot fiasco
A Democratic state lawmaker in Oregon is calling for a formal investigation into a ballot-printing fiasco that will delay results from Tuesday’s primary by weeks in the state’s third-largest county, with a key U.S. House race hanging in the balance. → Read More
Lawmaker calls for investigation of Oregon ballot fiasco
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker in Oregon is calling for a formal investigation into a ballot-printing fiasco that will delay res... → Read More
Lawmaker calls for investigation of Oregon ballot fiasco
The call from Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat, comes amid mounting pressure on Clackamas County Elections Clerk Sherry Hall. → Read More
Ballot fiasco delays results in Oregon, vote-by-mail pioneer
Thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes that can’t be read by vote-counting machines will delay results by weeks in a key U.S. House race in Oregon’s primary election, a shocking development that is giving a black eye to a vote-by-mail pioneer state with a national reputation as a leader on voter access and equity. → Read More
Ballot fiasco delays results in Oregon, vote-by-mail pioneer
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes that can’t be read by vote-counting machines will delay results by weeks in a key U... → Read More
Blurry ballot barcodes delay Oregon House primary results
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The fate of seven-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader hung in the balance Wednesday as elections officials in Oreg... → Read More
Oregon sued over failure to provide public defenders
Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys filed a lawsuit Monday that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial. → Read More
Oregon sued over failure to provide public defenders
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of pu... → Read More
Portland unrest drives interest in 2 congressional primaries
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Growing discontent over homelessness and crime in Portland is driving interest in a pair of Oregon congressional primaries, one ... → Read More
Portland unrest drives interest in pair of congressional primaries
Tuesday's primaries for the 5th and 6th U.S. House districts are playing out in a state that’s become a right-wing target after protests over George Floyd's murder. → Read More
Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases has exposed shocking const... → Read More
Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
Oregon’s public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases has exposed shocking constitutional landmines impacting defendants and crime victims alike in a state with a national reputation for progressive social justice. → Read More
Avian flu confirmed in 2 backyard Pacific Northwest flocks
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An avian flu that’s spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in the Pacific Northwest in two backyard bird flocks in rural Oregon and Washington. Several geese in a noncommercial flock of about 100 waterfowl died suddenly on a farm in Linn County, Oregon, and federal authorities confirmed Friday that […] → Read More
Avian flu confirmed in 2 backyard Pacific Northwest flocks
An avian flu that's spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in the Pacific Northwest in two backyard bird flocks in rural Oregon and Washington. → Read More
Avian flu confirmed in Oregon for first time since 2015
The avian flu that is spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in Oregon for the first time since 2015, in a backyard flock of birds in a rural area → Read More
Search for missing Indigenous woman prompted by AP story
Tribal and local authorities and volunteers from a Minnesota-based missing persons foundation will search the Yurok Reservation in remote Northern California over three days for Emmilee Risling, a … → Read More
AP article on missing Indigenous woman prompts 3-day search
Tribal and local authorities and volunteers from a Minnesota-based missing persons foundation will search the Yurok Reservation in Northern California over three days for Emmilee Risling, a 33-year-old Native woman who went missing last October → Read More
AP article on missing Indigenous woman prompts 3-day search
Tribal and local authorities and volunteers from a Minnesota-based missing persons foundation will search the Yurok Reservation in remote Northern California over three days for Emmilee Risling, a 33-year-old Native woman who went missing last October. → Read More
Appeals court nixes more than $1 billion timber award against Oregon
A jury found, in 2019 Oregon breached a contract with 13 counties and 151 districts by failing to maximize timber harvests on state forests in the last two decades. → Read More
Appeals court nixes $1.1 billion timber award against Oregon
A Linn County jury found in 2019 that Oregon breached its contract with 13 rural counties and 151 local taxing districts by failing to maximize timber harvests. → Read More