PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Portland-based Mercy Corps is warning that cuts from the Trump administration could cost lives. According to the nonprofit, 41 programs have been terminated, including nine labeled "lifesaving" by the US State Department. Portland nonprofit begins $115M housing project 50 years after displacement of Black-owned homes, businesses…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Mercy Corps' stated mission is to alleviate poverty, suffering and oppression around the world. But their work is already being affected by the Trump administration's freezes and cuts to foreign aid. Mercy Corps operates in more than 40 countries, providing disaster assistance, wartime relief, as well…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) has represented Oregon's first Congressional District since 2012. It includes most of Portland, west of the Willamette River, most of Washington County and all of Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties. A member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Bonamici has…