After Protests, Portland Oregon Will Stop Spending Legal Weed Taxes on Police

Merry Jane
Jun 11, 2020, 7:44 am162 pts
Photo via Flickr Portland, Oregon Mayor and Police Commissioner Ted Wheeler held a press conference this week to announce the diversion of $12 million in funds originally earmarked for the police department. Mayor Wheeler said that as part of the budget redirection, some of the state’s tax funding from legal…

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