Portland in the News: Less Pollution Along Portland Roadways; Raise in Minimum Wage; Multnomah County’s Plan to Apply To Reopen & More! | May 28, 2020

Scientists say the stay-at-home order has resulted in a huge reduction in nitrogen dioxide along Portland’s roads due to fewer cars and industry.

Oregonians earning minimum wage will get a raise on July 1.

And think your quarantine has been rough? Imagine living in a tiny house for the last two months.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• NBC Sports: The City of Portland still holds a special place in Bonzi Wells’ heart

• KATU: Earn minimum wage? You get a raise July 1 in Oregon. How much depends on where you work

• OPB: Multnomah County Planning To Apply For Reopening June 5

• Willamette Week Watch This Vintage Video of NBA Star Vernon Maxwell Punching a Blazers Fan, With Commentary by, Uh, Jerry Seinfeld

• KGW8: Nature in Oregon’s metro areas is seeing the benefits of a shelter-at-home order

• Oregonian: Oregon Insight: People are walking around a lot more

• Willamette Week: These Portlanders Have Spent the Last Two and a Half Months Quarantined in Tiny Homes

• Willamette Week: Watch the First Clip From Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s Oregon Coast Horror Movie

• KGW8: Portland family’s house paint survey goes viral

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