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A person holds drug paraphernalia near the Washington Center building on SW Washington St. in downtown Portland, Ore. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Three years ago, nearly two-thirds of Oregon voters approved a ballot measure decriminalizing illicit drugs, backing the idea that addiction treatment is more effective than jail. But now, public drug use in cities such as Portland and a surge in fentanyl overdose deaths have created a backlash against the first-in-the-nation law. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

The "Portland, Oregon" sign is seen atop in building in downtown Portland, Ore., on Jan. 27, 2015. Residents of Portland will vote on a ballot measure next week that would completely overhaul the way City Hall works, amid growing voter frustration over surging homelessness and crime. It would scrap the city's unusual commission form of government and implement a rare form of ranked choice voting not used in any other U.S. city. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

‘People are mad’: Progressive Portland weighs complete City Hall overhaul

By Claire Rush - Associated Press