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Minimum Wage Increase
$728,000 in federal income taxes from $2.6 million
in revenues from strip shows and prostitution.
War on Sanctuary Cities
The minimum wage increased by $1.50 per hour in
the Portland metro area Saturday and by 50 cents per
hour in the rest of the state. An estimated 301,000
jobs — about one in seven jobs in the state — was
expected to see the pay increase which was enact-
ed by the Legislature last year to take effect July 1,
according to the Oregon Employment Department.
House Republicans joined President Donald Trump
on Thursday in declaring war on sanctuary cities
-- passing legislation targeting the cities’ funding
while hammering a message of the dangers posed
by undocumented immigrants. The bill would also
increase maximum penalties for undocumented im-
migrants who repeatedly enter the country illegally
after deportation.
Supporting Net Neutrality
Bus Driver Assault Arrests
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman joined Mayor
Ted Wheeler, Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and
other advocates Friday in support of a proposed city
resolution denouncing the Trump administration’s
proposal to repeal Obama-era rules protecting the
freedom of the Internet. “Net neutrality is a pocket
book issue for American households,” said Wheeler.
Three teenage girls were arrested last week after the
public helped identify them for assaulting a TriMet
bus driver. Portland Police arrested 18-year-old Jada
Thompson, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl
for the June 9 attack. Officials allege the girls spit on
and pepper sprayed a TriMet bus driver in the area
of Northeast 42nd Avenue and Holman Street.
Vatican Cardinal Charged
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A high ranking leader of the Catholic Church said on
Thursday he will take a leave of absence from his
post after Australian authorities charged him with
multiple counts of sexual assault. Victoria state po-
lice summoned Cardinal George Pell, 76, the Vatican
treasurer, to appear in Australian court to face what
they are calling “historical sexual assault offenses.”
Strip Club Owners Sentenced
Confederate Flag Lawsuit
A federal judge last week sentenced Kandace Des-
marais, 65, and her brother, Gilbert “Mace” Des-
marais, 52, to two years in prison for their roles
promoting prostitution at a former Cully neighbor-
hood strip club in northeast Portland and nine other
area strip clubs and adult video stores. They also
were charged with conspiring to evade more than
A black Mississippi citizen is taking his case against
the state’s Confederate-themed flag to the U.S. Su-
preme Court. In papers filed last week, attorneys
for Carlos Moore argue that the flag is a symbol
of white supremacy that harms him and his young
daughter by violating the Constitution’s guarantee
of equal protection to all citizens.
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