WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Alliance for Justice issued the following statement on May 20 by President Nan Aron: Alliance for Justice applauds the Supreme Court's opinion Monday that ends non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana and Oregon, the only two U.S. states still implementing a decades-old practice steeped in racism and unequal justice. In Ramos v. Louisiana, the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment requires that juries must come to unanimous decisions in order to convict defendants of se  more

EUGENE, Oregon, May 23 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: Social Bicycles, which operates PeaceHealth Rides, Eugene's bike share system, recently notified city of Eugene officials that it is getting out of the bike share business and plans to cease PeaceHealth Rides operations on June 1, 2020. "PeaceHealth Rides has become an integral part of Eugene's transportation infrastructure and culture, with more than 21,000 membership accounts created since its launch in April 2018. Although we   more

NEWPORT, Oregon, May 21 -- The Journal of Heredity, a journal that says it features conservation genetics of endangered species, population structure and phylogeography, molecular evolution and speciation, molecular genetics of disease resistance in plants and animals, genetic biodiversity and relevant computer programs from the American Genetic Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * De Novo MITF Deletion Explains a Novel Splashed White Pheno  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 20 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: With the first cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, the largest refugee camp in the world, Portland-based nonprofit Medical Teams International is responding to the urgent need by opening a 50-bed isolation and treatment center in partnership with Food for the Hungry and UNHCR. The organization is calling for donations to help support this vital work to contain the virus a  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 22 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its forecast for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, predicting an above-normal season with three to six major hurricanes (category 3 or higher) likely. NOAA notes that the strong likelihood for above-average activity is driven by climate factors including warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Mercy Corps warns tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Most adults living in states where marijuana use is legal say the policy change has been successful, according to state-specific polling data compiled by YouGov. Respondents in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, and Washington were asked if they viewed their state's adult-use legalization policy as either a "success or a failure." A majority   more