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Some historical statues in Portland, including one of pioneer Harvey Scott and another of a White settler with his family, are being permanently decommissioned, according to local reports. “The Monuments Project has been a long and complicated process — much like our nation’s long and complicated history — and while this process has been lengthy, we are finally making progress,” …

A teachers union that represents employees in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) released a guide on how to teach anti-Israel views in schools. Oregon Educators for Palestine, in association with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT}, released the handbook, titled “Know Your Rights! Teaching & Organizing for Palestine Within Portland Public Schools,” allegedly in response to teachers being censored and …

People living and working in Portland, Oregon, told Fox News Digital they hope the ousting of their progressive district attorney will end what they view as a permissive attitude toward crime. “They wanted law and order,” former Portland news videographer Andy Chandler said of voters’ decision. “They didn’t want this kind of hollow, empty gesture concept of law and order …

Journalists and political commentators celebrated news that voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, which includes Portland, ousted incumbent District Attorney Mike Schmidt and replaced him with a former Republican on Wednesday. “It’s official: Portland got the Schmidt kicked out of it!” Portland-based journalist Andy Ngo wrote. “Soros-funded [Schmidt] has finally conceded after the surge of last-minute ballots failed to help him …

An Oregon Democrat who recently won a congressional primary was behind a progressive criminal justice reform bill in the state legislature backed by defund-the-police groups that critics say would have made the community less safe. Janelle Bynum, an Oregon state representative who owns multiple McDonald’s franchises, was the chief sponsor of HB 2002 in the state legislature in 2021 which …

A centrist district attorney candidate in Oregon has ousted his incumbent progressive opponent after running on a tough-on-crime platform. Nathan Vasquez previously served as a deputy prosecutor to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. Vasquez won Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary election after returns showed him receiving more than 50% of the vote. Vasquez, who was endorsed by several police groups, said …

Oregon prosecutors have announced the indictment of a suspected serial killer in connection with three murders in the Portland area just weeks before he would have been released from prison on unrelated charges. Jesse Lee Calhoun, 39, an ex-con who was released from prison early in 2021, is accused of killing at least three women and suspected of causing at …

Portland’s exodus continued for a third year, though at a slower rate, according to new Census Bureau estimates, even as other metropolitan areas rebounded from pandemic-era population dips. “There’s a lot of concern,” DHM Research Senior Vice President John Horvick previously told Fox News of the city’s population losses. He said the most common reaction he sees from leaders and …

A whopping 70% of Portland area voters disapprove of their city’s progressive leadership in city council members and Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a new poll. “I’ve seen Portland change dramatically in the last six or seven years and I hate to say it’s not been for the better,” one participant told The Oregonian. “I’m very dissatisfied with our government, …

As graffiti vandals in Portland jockey for notoriety and positioning on the sides of buildings, police are struggling to catch perpetrators. The Department of Transportation in Portland has allocated $4 million this year from the state legislature to help clean up graffiti, but the bill still awaits a signature from Oregon Gov. Kotek, according to local news reports. “It’s graffiti …