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Portland Auditor's Office Will Take Another Look At Gonzalez's Potential Campaign Finance Violation
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Portland Elections Office Investigating Rene Gonzalez For Using Taxpayer Funds on Wikipedia Edits
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Controversial Dark Money Group, People For Portland, Dissolves Amid State Elections Investigation
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Lack of Oversight in Police Training Seminars Raises Alarms
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Judge: Portland’s New Police Accountability Board Must Be Operational In a Year
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Dyke Hoops Courts Community in Portland's Queer Sports Scene
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City of Portland Gets Back With the RACC to Distribute Small Arts Grants
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Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws
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After Years of Grant Discordance, Portland Adopts Centralized Policy for Doling Out Funds
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Activists Express Skepticism After Revisions to Police Oversight Board
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