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Good Afternoon, Portland... and afternoon it shall stay until the end of time! (HA HA HA), unless I am misunderstanding the new permanent Day Light Savings Time adoption. Let's read about it in THE NEWS.
IN LOCAL NEWS:
⢠There's a hot new proposed two-year contract between the Portland Police Bureau and Downtown Clean & Safe. In it, Clean & Safe would cover 80 percent of the salaries for four officers dedicated to the downtown business area. However, it's also a move that would have taxpayers eventually paying for something previously funded by local businesses. News Editor Alex Zielinski has the story.
⢠Thanks to an eleventh-hour influx of federal funding, Oregon's emergency rental assistance program will continue to accept applications for an additional weekâthe new deadline is March 22.
Labor contracts for 4,000 nurses at 7 Providence medical centers in Oregon have either expired or will expire by the end of 2022, setting the stage for contracts fight between frontline health workers & the state's largest healthcare system. âď¸ @abe_asher: https://t.co/4y0UlioiKz
â Portland Mercury đ (@portlandmercury) March 15, 2022
⢠What were your favorite sexy films at this year's HUMP! Film Festival? Time to reminisce and see if your favorite sexy foodies won. Okay, that was a spoiler. Some sexy foodies won.
⢠Don't overlook all the luxurious anus licking in this week's Savage Love!
IN INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL NEWS:
⢠If confusing disinformation surrounding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is fogging up your screen, this Think Out Loud interview with Portland-based photojournalist and reporter Justin Yau offers his perspective on the first days of the war and what Yau has been seeing on the ground. Full disclosure that Yau and I have co-bylined several times, frequently for the Mercury.
⢠Scattered political rumblings about the ineffectual and dangerous impacts of our bi-annual Daylight Savings temporal swap have grown increasingly loud for the past decade, but I honestly never thought anyone would do anything about it. Today the Senate sent forward a proposal to the House, whichâif passed to and signed by the Presidentâwould make daylight saving time permanent.
⢠While in no way encouraging this behavior, I am here to report that Submarine Spy Couple is the new wedding theme of 2022.
SCOOP: A Maryland couple was arrested last year for trying to sell American nuclear secrets to a foreign nation.
For months, that country has been a secret. Then we figured it out.
It was Brazil.
w/ @julianbarnes, @andrespigariol & @adamgoldmanNYT:https://t.co/MwCFienkul
â Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) March 15, 2022
⢠Need happy hour plans this week? Then check out the boozy fun of the Mercuryâs HIGHBALLâa week of specialty cocktails mixed by the cityâs best bartenders⌠and for only $6 each!
⢠In closing, here's a fun running gag that resonates with me, all millennials and most Gen Zs on a number of levels đ˘ đ.
@rod We donât want pool tables and a snack drawer. I want mental health days and a 401k (whatever that is) #millennial #work #corporate #employee ⏠Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Extended Version) - Backstreet Boys