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Women’s Court may be renewed on Oʻahu and expanded to other islands

Jan. 30, 2025 12:53 PM EST

When the Oʻahu Women’s Court was established in 2022 to offer an alternative to incarceration, officials had a goal of admitting 20 participants a year. As of this month, 33 women were currently enrolled. The pilot project has been a success, say advocates, who are seeking to make...

Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals

Jan. 10, 2025 21:34 PM EST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some 5,000 hospital health care workers walked off the job Friday as they picketed all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, in what the state health workers union described as the largest health care strike in Oregon history — and the first to involve doctors. ...