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Recent settlements against Portland police surpass $6.7 million
The city of Portland spent almost $6.75 million resolving claims against the Portland Police Bureau since 2020, including over $3 million settling wrongful death claims. While other city bureaus incurred bodily injury and property damage expenses in that time, they are few and far between when compared to PPB, revealing an overlooked cost of policing…
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act
A sense of relief washed over Indian Country when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, in its entirety June 15. Native nations and peoples in the Pacific Northwest and across Turtle Island awaited the decision for nearly six months after last November’s oral arguments in Brackeen v. Haaland. A ruling…
