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In April, judges for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration on two lawsuits aimed at limiting tear gas and crowd control weapons at Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Those two cases return to the court today.

OPB’s Conrad Wilson and Troy Brynelson report on the two lawsuits, each of which makes a different legal argument. The judges previously sided with the administration on procedural grounds. This time, they’ll decide whether either case has merit.

In other news, Nike goes to court Monday. One of four women who sued the company in 2018 for gender discrimination will appear as the case finally goes to trial.

Here’s your First Look at Friday’s news.

— John Hill

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Tear gas use at Portland ICE facility once again goes before federal appeals court

Two parallel lawsuits will return to court today, both aiming to stop the Trump administration from deploying tear gas and other crowd control weapons outside Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.

The cases stem from the government’s response to intense protests against the administration’s immigration enforcement actions last year. Major operations across the country last included “Operation Black Rose” in the Portland metropolitan area.

If successful, the lawsuits could ultimately uphold protections for individuals and limit the severity of federal law enforcement’s response to protests in Portland. (Conrad Wilson and Troy Brynelson)

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3 things to know

1. A federal trial nearly eight years in the making that centers around Nike’s treatment of female employees at the company’s headquarters near Beaverton is scheduled to start Monday in Portland. (Kyra Buckley)
2. Clark County voters will be asked to weigh in on 10 changes to how the local government operates, county officials decided at a public meeting on Wednesday, including one amendment that could make it significantly more difficult for local elected leaders to raise taxes. (Elena Neale-Sacks)
3. Tony Smith is the new superintendent of the Beaverton School District. He wants to get to know his new community and improve attendance rates in the state’s second-largest school district. (Elizabeth Miller)

Northwest headlines

• Central Oregon family sues Knife River mining company over unsafe water (Jen Baires)

• Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid (Tiffany Camhi, OPB and Cory Turner, NPR)

• Oregon DEQ selects a California-based nonprofit to lead its climate investment program (Monica Samayoa)

• Fewer sockeye are returning to the Upper Columbia. Washington closed its fishery to protect the salmon (Courtney Flatt, Northwest Public Broadcasting)

• Divisions emerge as Washington looks to retool its wolf shooting rules (Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard)

• Attorney General Rayfield asks court to dismiss feds’ undercover license plate lawsuit against Oregon (Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital Chronicle)

• New resource center to help Eugene families facing homelessness (Hannah Bush, KLCC)

• Aces beat the Fire 88-80 behind double-doubles by A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young (Associated Press)

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• In Oregon’s coastal communities, doulas and volunteers are reimagining end-of-life care

One more look

With the 57th Annual Oregon Country Fair opening today, volunteer crews this week were pounding in nails and heaving up beams, putting the finishing touches on stages and booths along 18 miles of forested paths.

“We’ll have 17 stages and feature every single piece of entertainment you could possibly want: from vaudeville to spoken word to music of all the genres,” said OCF Marketing Manager Vanessa Roy.

There are plenty of things both old and new to enjoy at this year’s fair, Roy said.

“But no matter what, we try to bring whimsy and wonder and a little bit of magic to your day at Fair,” she said. (Tiffany Eckert, KLCC)

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