Rebecca Ellis
Reporter | OPBRebecca Ellis is a reporter with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before joining OPB, Rebecca was a Kroc Fellow at NPR, filing stories for the National Desk in Washington D.C. and reporting from Salt Lake City. She grew up in New York City and graduated from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Urban Studies. She has spent past summers as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender’s office in the Bronx, and a reporter for a local weekly in Queens. Most recently, she interned with the Miami Herald, filing stories and learning to scuba dive.
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As calls mount for the Portland police officers to end the use of tear gas, Portland Police Bureau leaders said Thursday that they believe the chemical is likely officers’ best option to disperse demonstrators who the police determine have turned violent.
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Protests rolled through Portland for a third night Sunday as civic leaders and elected officials grappled with how to respond to both increasingly large demonstrations and Oregon’s legacy of institutional racism.
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Portland city leaders denounced widespread looting and rioting that shook downtown Portland Friday night into Saturday morning, as a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd turned destructive.
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The trial of Jeremy Christian, the man behind a 2017 MAX train attack that left two dead, is set to begin next month. Before it does, prosecutors want to make sure the jury has access to two things.
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In order for a judge to grant the motion, the group must prove the problems plaguing the state’s Department of Human Services are systemic, and not limited to any one plaintiff.
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The ruling instructs officers to stick to questions “reasonably related” to the reason the driver was pulled over, effectively ending law enforcement’s ability to turn a routine traffic stop into a fishing expedition for a more serious offense.
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Officials in Southern Oregon are warning that strong winds and dry weather will put the region at an increased risk of wildfire for the next two days.
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Oregonians have until just before midnight on Tuesday to register for the Nov. 5 election if they want to vote on local and regional issues like tax levies and bonds, and changes to charters.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has asked for legal advice from the Department of Justice on possible legal remedies, possibly including a temporary ban on all vaping products.
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The union says it's targeting solely Fred Meyer due to recent allegations that managers at the stores had called unionized employees into their offices and berated them.
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Drivers can expect the usually clogged roadways bookending Labor Day weekend, with congestion peaking on Friday and again Monday afternoon.
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An attorney with the ACLU says while this is the first time he’s seen an Oregonian born in the U.S. denied a passport, he believes these incidents are increasing nationwide.