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$1.3 million in state funding for suspected fraud at Somalian day care centers in Portland. It took the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Child Care almost three months to return my request for this info.

NEW: The SEIU 503 union is a behemoth in Oregon progressive politics, with close ties to Gov Tina Kotek. When a member of the union’s board of directors, concerned about political spending, asked for info about member dues, the union said no. Oregon Roundup exclusive.

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The reality is there's mass amounts of cheating in our elections. Just because there's an engineered lack of data, does not mean there isn't data to the contrary. The new CBS/YouGov poll shows that 80% of Americans support Voter ID including 80% of black Americans & 77% of Hispanic Americans. Yet why is it that Congress seems so intractable to wanting to pass a such a popular policy?

Vancouver Has Created an Entire Tax-Funded Economy Around Homelessness Vancouver officials confirmed this week that the city now spends between $100,000 and $220,000 per homeless person annually—making homelessness one of the city’s fastest-growing public sectors. What began as a crisis has since evolved into a fully integrated economic ecosystem, complete with multiple layers of administration, overlapping services, and a level of coordination typically reserved for major infrastructure projects—minus the visible results. “We’re making historic investments,” said one official, standing near an encampment that has also been making a long-term investment in the same location. “The situation is complex.” The exact cost depends on how it’s calculated. Divide total spending by the entire homeless population and the number appears manageable. Divide it by those actually living on the street, and it begins to resemble a mid-level executive salary. City insiders say the flexibility is intentional. “It allows us to communicate progress while maintaining urgency,” one source explained. Residents say they’ve noticed a different trend. “I’ve seen more programs, more funding, more announcements,” said one taxpayer. “Just not fewer tents.” Officials emphasized that the issue is not a lack of resources, but the need for more coordination, more investment, and more time—confirming plans for a new multi-agency task force to study why current spending levels have yet to produce measurable change. The task force is expected to cost $50 million. “Solving homelessness isn’t cheap,” officials added. “Managing it, apparently, isn’t either.”