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Page 2 November 4, 2015 The Week in Review Street, but left soon afterwards empty-handed and apparently unarmed. Jury Discrimination Case Considered On Monday the Supreme Court took up a case on racial discrimination in jury selection. The incident regards a black defendant’s murder conviction and death sentence at the hands of an all-white Georgia jury, with evidence that the justices heard evidence and struck out all prospective black jurors in the 1987 trial. Max Floods in High Water On Saturday a downpour flooded several MAX and Portland Streetcar tracks and one MAX train was flooded as it tried to cross under the Morrison Bridge during extreme high water. Footage of a flooding train was shared on social media sites, but no injuries were reported. Other trains were being inspected for water damage Monday, causing some trains to run as a single car, rather than the typical two-car set. Perkins Student Loan Cuts Coming Occupation-Free Portland Draws Support Higher Minimum Wage Draws Support Portland’s Human Rights Commission has endorsed Occupation-Free Portland’s proposal to end city in- vestments with companies profiting from the con- flict between Israel and Palestine. The companies named include Caterpillar, G4S, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions. Halloween Bank Holdup Authorities are looking for a man who used a long black costume wig with white streaks and a pair of sunglasses to holdup a Port- land bank on Halloween. The man demanded cash from a teller at a Wells Far- go on Southeast Division More than 500,000 college students across the country have been stripped of over a billion dol- lars in financial aid following the Senate’s refusal to renew the nation’s oldest loan program for col- lege students. The 57-year-old federal Perkins loan program expired at the end of September after the Republican-controlled Senate blocked legislation to extend it. A City Club of Portland panel has determined there’s merit in creating a higher minimum wage in the city. A 10-member volunteer committee con- cluded last week that individual cities should be able to raise the minimum wage above the state rate to address the needs of residents liv- ing at the lower end of the economic spectrum. Fire in Vacant Home Squatters smoking inside a south- east Portland home are the suspect- ed cause of a fire Sunday night at an otherwise empty house at 3542 S.E. Taylor St., fire officials say. No one injured and damage estimates were not immediately available. Startup Business Finalists Named PDC narrows field from minority applicants Nineteen finalists from minority, women or other disadvantaged groups are in contention for getting financial and other entrepreneurial help to start a business in Portland that is geared to a national or international market. The Portland Development Commission named the finalists Monday for its Startup PDX Challenge from a field of 96 applicants. Up to six startup busi- nesses will receive a package valued at more than $50,000 per company with up to $25,000 in a con- vertible note or low-interest loan, a full year of rent- free office space in Portland’s Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood, and free professional advice, mem- berships and services. A Challenge selection committee will consider each semi-finalist’s application and personal inter- view in determining the winners. The general public is invited to visit the pdc.us website to learn more about each semi-finalist and vote for their favorites. Public voting runs through midnight Monday, Nov. 9; the winner of the public vote will receive a package of education, co-work- ing, and membership services. “The Startup PDX Challenge has really opened our eyes to the number of investment-ready start- ups we have in our community led by diverse founders. Being intentional about our goals for diversity is already making a difference in our en- trepreneurial community, and we look forward to working with the next class of exciting, innovative startups,” said Patrick Quinton, PDC executive di- rector. The group includes 13 startups with women founders; seven with African American founders; seven with Hispanic founders; six with Asian/Pa- cific Islander founders; one with a Native American founder; and one with a disabled founder. Challenge winners will be announced in mid-De- cember. The move into the Old Town/Chinatown space is slated for early January. Established 1970 ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed en- velope. 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