Portland council to vote on $1M settlement over police excessive force in 2020 protests
The City of Portland is preparing to settle a lawsuit filed by the ACLU in 2020, which accused the city's police of using ...
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Portland Settles Lawsuit With Journalists, Legal Observers Targeted By Police During Protests
The city of Portland will pay out $938,330 to settle a lawsuit from journalists and legal observers who were attacked and threatened with arrest for covering the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in ...
City set to pay nearly $1M to settle ACLU suit on treatment of journalists, legal observers at 2020 protests
The suit prompted Portland police policy changes to ensure journalists and legal observers are free to document protests in ...
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ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo this month
family or the outside world,” ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said in a statement. Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Refugee Assistance Project also represent ...
Border Patrol sued for tactics used in Kern County immigration raid
ACLU attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the Border Patrol’s January raid in Kern County indiscriminately targeted ...
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ACLU of NH investigating reports that Berlin prison will be used for immigration detainees
The ACLU of New Hampshire filed a FOIA to confirm reports from several news outlets that claim that the Berlin Federal ...
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ACLU Launches Storytelling Series Highlighting Harms of Trump's Anti-Immigrant Policies, How Communities Are Fighting Back
For weeks, the ACLU has collected stories anonymously from community members across the country to illustrate how peoples’ lives have been impacted by these policies, shaped their daily experiences, ...
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Oregon worker representatives react to former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation hearing
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) --- Former Oregon U.S. Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump's nominee for labor secretary. testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP ...
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2 backcountry skiers are killed in an Oregon avalanche
An avalanche in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that its search-and-rescue ...
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Over 160 Civil Liberties, Labor, Education Groups Urge House to Vote No on H.R. 32
The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the ...
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Powerball players just miss $183 million jackpot in Texas — but still win big
The Powerball jackpot was last won Saturday, Jan. 18, when an Oregon player hit the $329 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all ...
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Oregon union asking lawmakers to pass worker safety bills
Oregon union leaders and workers said the state needs to put more safeguards in place to protect employees from harm when they work in dangerous jobs in corrections, behavioral health and others. They ...