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Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments

Jan. 30, 2025 14:19 PM EST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules, as advocates find new ways to challenge them in a legal landscape...

A GOP lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from the census count will be harmful, voters say

Jan. 28, 2025 15:38 PM EST

Voters in California and Texas affiliated with a Democratic group want to intervene in a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that is attempting to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states. The five voters...