While not a long-term fix, the gas tax has helped pay for paving streets, filling potholes and adding safety infrastructure since voters first approved it in 2016, the editorial board writes. Voters should renew the 10-cents-per-gallon tax again.

One of the consequences of last year's teachers strike was to show just how inadequate state funding is to provide the raises and smaller class sizes that Portland families support, the editorial board writes. While Portlanders should continue to pressure legislators, they should renew the PPS teachers levy as well.

The IRS document "Selling Your Home" can answer many of this writer's questions.

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A man from Down Under claimed 104 winners since 2019, all but one tied to the same Beaverton bar.

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In Oregon, anonymity for jurors used to be rare. But in 2021, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2539, which included this provision: “A juror may not be identified by name in any court proceeding open to the public.”

Check your numbers to see if you hit it big in Saturday's jackpot.

Throngs of people lined the Southeast Portland parade route to take in the marching bands, equestrians, lion dancers, clowns and even a WWII-era tank.

Harold “Bob” Dulaney was arrested Friday in Portland.

The federal government has approved a plan to capture bears from other areas and release them in Washington's North Cascades.

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