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Celebration and relief at Portland Pride Parade as national political landscape shifts
Scarlet Passmore stood at Southwest Pine Street in front of Tom McCall Waterfront Park when she got the notification that President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election. A welcome banner for the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival hung behind her. Passmore’s phone started blowing up with texts reacting to the news Sunday.
The Top 36 Events in Portland This Week: July 22–28, 2024
How's everyone's brat summer? If you only have a rough idea of what you're doing this week, let us help you fine tune your schedule. We're suggesting top-tier events from the return of Project Pabst to the Pearl District Beer and Arts Fest and from a pared-down Sneaker Week PDX to Legendary Makers Market II.
Thousands gather for Portland Pride parade Sunday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Pride celebrations had a stormy start Sunday, but the brief downpour wasn’t enough to rain on the parade. The annual parade, emceed by KOIN 6’s very own Emily Burris and Travis Teich along with co-hosts Summer Lynne Seasons and Bolivia Carmichaels, went off without a hitch and some state leaders, including Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, were seen joining in the celebration.
Readers Respond to the Latest Contortions in Oregon Homelessness Policy
The clearing of homeless camps from Portland’s streets is often and crudely described as a game of Whac-A-Mole. But another frivolous analogy comes to mind after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled cities could enforce strict camping bans: Homelessness policy on the West Coast has been written with an Etch A Sketch, which the courts shake every few years, sending cities and states back to the drawing board. Oregon, which structured its camping laws around previous court rulings, now must decide whether to draw them again (“Breaking Camp,” WW, July 10). The law-and-order candidates running for Portland City Hall this November certainly want a do-over. Here’s what our readers had to say:
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