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READING THE BUDGET ACCOUNT

Republican lawmakers forego full reading of household bills

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – In this week’s House Floor Sessions in Oregon, a computer program was heard read hundreds of pages of proposed legislation after Republican lawmakers refused to rush the process. On Thursday, Republican House Chairwoman Christine Drazan announced that GOP lawmakers would vote to forego the full read requirement, especially for household bills. Republicans have not said whether they will completely suspend reading other off-budget bills. About nine hours were spent reading a bill during Tuesday and Wednesday. Over the past few years, both parties have agreed to skip reading bills – but the action requires two-thirds approval, which Republicans rejected at that meeting.

AP US PORTLAND SUSPECT KILLED

Flashback: Suspicious Portland murder likely fired at police

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) – Investigators say a fugitive wanted for the publicly known murder of a right-wing protester in Portland, Oregon last summer probably first shot at Washington state police last summer, before they killed him. A task force attempted to arrest Michael Reinoehl near Olympia last September when four officers fired at him as he got out of his car. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said investigators believe Reinoehl fired first based on testimony from witnesses and officers and a used cartridge case that fits a gun Reinoehl was carrying. A sheriff’s spokesman told the Seattle Times that he could not confirm this with 100% certainty because the bullet was not found.

POLICE ADMISSION INDEPENDENT CHECK

Report: Police who killed women immediately used violence

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Independent advisors say in a recent report that the fatal shooting by a sergeant of a woman with schizophrenia in 2019 included no efforts to de-escalate the situation. Instead, the officers immediately resorted to violence. The Register-Guard reports that the results released on Wednesday by the Californian OIR Group also reveal “significant gaps” in the investigation after the shooting of Stacy Kenny two years ago. It is also asked if the police learned anything or made any changes. The consultants’ review was required as part of the city’s $ 4.5 million settlement agreement in Kenny’s family’s unlawful death lawsuit.

FATAL SHOOTING STORE

Vancouver man police ID card as murder victim in Portland store

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police have publicly identified a man who was shot dead in a North Portland supermarket as a 53-year-old resident of Vancouver, Washington. Oregonian / OregonLive reporting police said they responded to reports of gunfire at a 7-Eleven store around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday and found Michael Arrington shot dead. Medics tried to help Arrington, but police said he died in a hospital shortly after arriving. Police say Arrington was shopping in the store when he was shot. Investigators have not stated whether anyone has been arrested and have not released any information about one or more of the suspects. The police asked anyone with information to contact them.

OBIT-DUNFORD

Longtime AP Hawaii political reporter Bruce Dunford dies

HONOLULU (AP) – A longtime Associated Press political reporter in Hawaii whose exploits led the then governor to mark his retirement as Bruce Dunford Day has passed away. His son Terrence Dunford said his father died in his sleep in a nursing home near Honolulu on Friday. He was 79 years old. Dunford reported for the AP for 37 years, including more than two decades on Hawaiian politics. An ironic proclamation by the government at the time. Linda Lingle, on display after he retired in 2004, said he was “forever known as the Capitol Jester” for his puns, jokes and defeats. Dunford is survived by his 56-year-old wife, four sons, four grandchildren and a sister.

PEEPING TOM SENTENCE REVERSE

The appeals court overturns the man’s beliefs in watching Tom

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Appeals Court overturned the convictions of a man on the Oregon coast convicted of allegations related to “peeping tom” incidents in his neighborhood. The Astorian Reports Kirk Cazee was sentenced to over 35 years in prison in 2018 after a jury found him guilty of looking through bedroom windows and recording videos of residents. The appeals court found that there was no likely reason to obtain a search warrant for Cazee’s cell phone as no one saw him using it during the crimes. District Attorney Ron Brown said that without this evidence, prosecutors would not be able to confirm the victim’s statements to find him guilty. He plans to turn the case down.

CORRECTIONS TEENAGERS CAUGHT

Young people who escaped custody of corrections were arrested

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – Officials say three teenagers who fled the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility on Sunday were arrested in Albany after being tracked down by Oregon State Police. The Democrat Herald reports that the Oregon Youth Authority said around 2 p.m. on Wednesday the refugees were found by detectives in a vehicle in Lebanon. Officials say the youths fled in the vehicle and were followed by law enforcement agencies. Officials say near Albany that law enforcement agencies have set up devices that flatten a vehicle’s tires and obstruct their car. One of the youths ran but was caught and arrested a short distance away. The other two youths remained in the vehicle and were taken into custody. Officials say no one was injured.

AP US VIRUS OUTBREAK OREGON LEGISLATION

Oregon Democrats lament the slowdown in legislation during COVID

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s House of Representatives returned to the Capitol this week after floor sessions were canceled due to multiple COVID-19 cases. However, Republicans continue to employ stalling tactics that Democrats say are putting lawmakers’ health at risk. It is the latest partisan hotspot in a state where Democrats have a strong majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate, but the GOP has often used extreme means to thwart laws it dislikes. For the past two years, Republican senators have staged strikes to deny the Chamber a quorum. But this year, Democrats say a slowdown strategy is dangerous because it increases people’s possible exposure to COVID-19.