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 With rents rising at mobile home parks across the U.S., housing advocates are urging state legislatures to pass bills that would help residents buy their parks if they’re put up for sale, A new bill in Oregon would allocate $35 million in grants to help residents purchase their parks

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Ashley Cates comforts Sarah Neumann as she gets emotional talking about the Covenant School Shooting outside the House chamber Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) 

The vote expected Thursday on whether to oust Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson would be an extraordinary move; the chamber has used it only a handful of times since the Civil War.

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Opening marks a year of rubble, grief and rebuilding

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Seattle community activist Elijah Lewis was taking his nephew to a monster truck rally to celebrate his birthday when they were shot

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With scant advising, many community college students spend time and money on courses that won’t transfer or that they don’t need. Though most intend to move on to get bachelor’s degrees, only a small fraction succeed

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Seattle, Washington 

The measure expands pandemic-era protections and strengthens labor rights for app-based workers.

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James Audubon, a naturalist known for his watercolor paintings of birds, also owned, sold and bought enslaved African Americans through his general store in Kentucky and was a staunch opponent of abolition.

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A sign reading "My body, my choice," is taped to a hanger taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho state Capitol Building in Boise, Idaho, May 3, 2022. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File) 

The measure would create a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” punishable by up to five years in prison, barring adults from obtaining abortion pills and “recruiting, harboring, or transporting" a pregnant minor.

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In a historic milestone for the state, this is the most diverse Legislature in Oregon history, with 20 BIPOC legislators serving this session.

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Kim McCarty 

Vulnerable households, seniors find themselves priced out of even rural areas.

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