Portland in the News: Oregonians to Vote on Psilocybin Therapy; NBA Coming Back; Minimum Wage Increases & More! | July 2, 2020

Neighbors in North Portland have painted a giant BLACK LIVES MATTER on the street near the St. Johns Bridge.

Damian Lillard has been announced as a cover athlete for the upcoming NBA 2K21 release. The game will be available in October.

And activists say they have enough signatures to get the psilocybin therapy program on the November ballot.

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

• KGW8: Film composer from Oregon wins awards in Hollywood

• Oregonian: The NBA is coming back: Here are 10 things to know

• KGW8: Road trips expected to be most popular way to travel this summer amid pandemic

• Portland Monthly: An Oregon Historian on What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu Epidemic

• KGW8: ‘Black Lives Matter’ painted in large yellow letters along street in St. Johns

• Portland Monthly: 4 Portland Photographers on Covering the BLM Protests

• KGW8: Minimum wage goes up this week in Oregon

• ESPN: Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard first cover athlete for NBA 2K21

• KGW8: Measure to create psilocybin therapy program in Oregon headed for November ballot, activists say

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