MONTH
The
Week in Review Mumps Cases Grow
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BLACK
HISTORY
February 8, 2017
tors in the crash,
Landlords File Suit
An emergency ordinance requiring landlords in
Portland to pay moving expenses when they evict
tenants without cause was passed by the Portland
City Council last week in response to the housing
crisis impacting low income residents. But by Tues-
day, the rule led to a lawsuit by two property owners
who claim it conflicts with state law prohibiting rent
control. House Speaker Tina Kotek of north Port-
land, meanwhile, pledged Monday to help change
the state law.
No Roving Protests at PDX
Portland International Airport will no longer allow
roving protests. The change policy was issued last
week following the large protests that erupted over
the previous weekend over President Trump’s ex-
ecutive order on immigration. The Port of Portland
will now offer Free Speech Permits that designate a
zone for protests outside the airport terminal.
Iman Delivers Invocation
An ongoing outbreak of the mumps virus has con-
tinued to grow in Washington state with at least 367
people either diagnosed or suspected of having the
mumps, according to the Washington State Health
Department. The vast majority of those infected
have been school-aged children, officials said.
Hedgehog Calls Early Spring
FuFu, an African
pygmy
hedgehog
at the Oregon Zoo,
did not see her shad-
ow on Groundhog
Day, meaning an
early spring could
be in store here
in the Northwest.
Hedgehogs and not
groundhogs are the real weather experts of the ani-
mal world, according to the zoo animal curator Tan-
ya Paul, who oversaw the Feb. 1 prediction.
Imam Muhammad Najieb,
director of the Muslim Com-
munity Center of Portland,
opened the 2017 legislative
session in the Oregon House
of Representatives last week
by reciting the opening chap-
ters of the Quaran. Oregon
House Speaker Tina Kotek
invited Imam Najieb to deliver the invocation.
Bicyclist Killed in Bike Lane
A 53-year-old male riding his bicycle in the north-
bound bike lane on Interstate Avenue was killed
Monday when a truck driver travelling in the same
direction made a right turn onto Farragut Street. Of-
ficials said preliminary information indicates that
neither impairment nor distracted driving were fac-
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Legal Fight to Stop Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is promising a legal
battle after the Army said Monday that it’s clearing
the way for completion of the Dakota Access oil
pipeline. Tribal attorney Jan Hasselman says the
government “will be held accountable in court.”
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