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PORTLAND, Ore. — State Representative Suzanne Bonamici and the Metro Council have approved a resolution to bring awareness to missing and murdered Native women and girls.

"Indigenous women in the U.S. face tragically high rates of violence, sexual assault, and murder," Bonamici wrote on Twitter Saturday. "We must do more to protect indigenous women and seek justice on behalf of those who are missing or murdered."

Four Democrats from Oregon's congressional delegation are promising changes for Chemawa Indian School after meeting with tribal representatives and the federal school's leadership in Salem.

Across the country and here in Northwest Oregon, communities are experiencing the tragic and often deadly emergency of opioid abuse. During the past few months, I have met with parents, health care professionals, community leaders, veterans, and people from all walks of life who have shared heart-wrenching stories about how the opioid crisis is taking lives and inflicting pain on Oregon families. I've convened community discussions in each of the five counties I represent to hear from local experts and families in the throes of addiction. Their stories are heartbreaking.

On Monday, April 30, students from Pacific University's Center for Gender Equity and Campus Wellness organization met with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici to discuss issues of campus sexual assault and how students and staff at the university are addressing it.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has added her own proposal to actions she says are needed for the nation to deal with opioid abuse.

Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton, has released her priorities based on numerous meetings and visits she has made during the past several months in northwest Oregon.

Among them were roundtables in each of the five counties in the 1st District — including Jan. 25 in Beaverton — a meeting Feb. 20 with educators in Beaverton, and visits to Tualatin Together, Lifeworks Northwest in Beaverton, and the pharmacy at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.