Six things you need to know about Oregon's largest health care collaboration

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These problems can range from mental health and drug addiction issues to long-term trauma from domestic violence or child abuse. … their hands full. Read the full story in Friday's print edition of the Portland Business Journal, available online to …
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Changes to mandatory sentences get positive review from Portland crowd

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View full size At a Portland State University town hall Tuesday members of the Oregon Commission on Public Safety (left to right), Collette Peters, Andy Olson, Chris Garrett, John Foote and Paul De Muniz, discussed the sentencing changes the commission …
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DEA, Walgreens to square off over pill distribution

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"This case involves an abuse of the extraordinary power that the Drug Enforcement Administration wields over ordinary citizens and businesses in the fight against diversion of certain prescription drugs," Walgreens attorneys said in one brief. The DEA …
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Run benefits Community Action, which gave this mother opportunity for a better …

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But after their first son, Jose, was born they wanted to protect him from the gang violence and drug culture that surrounded them there. … With a financial match from Community Action she enrolled at Portland Community College to study business …
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