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Good Morning, Portland: Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion. We're looking at rain for the foreseeable future, folks. Let's hit the news!

IN LOCAL NEWS: • Following a LOOONG 10-hour meeting yesterday, Portland City Council failed to pass a measure that would have moved $4.3 million from the city program that funds sweeping camps of unhoused people to pay for rent and food assistance, and support for immigrants and refugees. It was... a spicy meatball of an evening. I know we say that ab

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