Sheraz Sadiq is a Managing Producer at OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting). He covers a diverse range of topics including arts and entertainment, sports, climate change, and cultural movements, with a particular focus on individual and team sports, climate policy, and fine art. Sheraz's work has been featured in KLCC, Jefferson Public Radio, Lake County Examiner Inc, and Nelly Broadcasting.
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Sheraz Sadiq's coverage focuses on local news with an emphasis on government announcements and citing data. He covers a wide range of topics including scientific, cultural, political, agricultural, and business themes related to the Oregon area.
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By: Sheraz Sadiq
According to the Oregon Department of Human Services, more than 60,000 Oregonians have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” last July that cut spending on SNAP, Medicare and other programs to offset tax cuts championed by President Trump and Republicans in Congress.
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Martins Licis is a Camas-based professional strongman who has been competing for more than a decade. He shares his hopes for his upcoming competitions and also what he learned from making a YouTube series about traditional feats of strength around the world.
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High Country News recently reported how residents within the city limits of White Salmon in the Columbia Gorge have lacked free mail delivery service or free post office boxes for years.
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Portland nonprofit Store to Door aims not only to help homebound seniors and adults with disabilities through its grocery delivery service, but also to ease feelings of social isolation for its clients.
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A Washington State University professor examined national health surveys conducted between 2019 and 2023 and found differences in rates of food insecurity among low-income members of different racial and ethnic groups.
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Cathedral Park Cohousing is a mixed-income cohousing development in North Portland that was recently awarded $1.4 million in Oregon State Lottery Bond funds. Along with $2 million in funding previously awarded by Oregon Housing and Community Services and other funding sources, the project is expected to break ground early next year. In cohousing developments, residents typically own their own units but share common areas and participate in decisions affecting their community.
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Last Thursday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced she had accepted the resignation of the director of the Oregon Health Authority, Dr. Sejal Hathi. As OPB reported, Hathi wrote to OHA employees that she was leaving to focus on her family, health and “personal priorities” without mentioning what she plans to do next. In May, the New York Times published an op-ed Hathi wrote about the lack of postpartum care U.S. mothers such as herself receive, even after complications from childbirth.
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Nineteen year-old Portlander Quinn Brown found a 1972 NBA Finals warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain that is expected to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction.
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Prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on a staggering array of outcomes — from the US-Iran conflict to the winner of the World Cup to who Taylor Swift’s bridesmaids will be. Add to that list betting on wildfires.
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The Trump administration announced a rule change to the Endangered Species Act that changes the interpretation of "harm" to no longer include the habitats of endangered species. The rule change is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by more than a half dozen environmental groups.
