The Oregon Historical Society announced on Friday, August 13, that it will ask voters to approve a $10 million property tax measure on the November Multnomah County ballot. Without the funds—about $10 a year for the average homeowner—the state history museum will likely shut its doors next spring. The museum ran on substantial state funds from 1899 to 2003, when its funding was cut to zero. Though it has received $1.7 million in state funds since 2007, it has been running at a loss and last year closed its library to the public ["It's History," News, March 19, 2009]. SARAH MIRK

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A Pioneer Courthouse Square security guard who was uncertified when he swung at a teenager with a skateboard received a work permit a day after a video of the incident was posted online, state records show. An employee profile for Nicholas Jones of Pacific Patrol Services shows no employment history or certification at the time of the incident, on November 25, 2009. The video appeared online on December 14. The next day, Jones received a temporary work permit from the security contractor. STEFAN KAMPH

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The family of Lindsay Leonard, a 23-year-old fatally hit by a car and killed last year while crossing SE Foster, has filed a lawsuit seeking $3.7 million in damages. The suit, filed Friday, August 13 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, accuses the city of failing to maintain the intersection where Leonard was killed—chiefly by not replacing a burned-out bulb in a streetlight. Other defendants: Portland General Electric, for its role in maintaining the streetlight; the driver in the crash, Tito Jose Feliciano; and Feliciano's employer. DENIS C. THERIAULT