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Mark Friesen

Portland

Data Visualization Specialist at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)

Maps, data, journalism @Oregonian | @mujschool grad | MS Cartography/GIS Dev @uwmadisongeog | Your creature comforts aren’t the only things worth fighting for.

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Articles

  • Measles vaccination rates keep dropping among Oregon kids. Look up your school, day care

    2 days ago | oregonlive.com | Austin De Dios |Mark Friesen

    Measles, once declared eradicated in the United States, is making an intense resurgence in the country this year. Oregon hasn’t yet recorded a case but the state’s K-12 students are the least prepared they’ve been in years. Only 94.3% of students across the state are fully vaccinated against measles, according to an analysis of Oregon Health Authority data. In kindergarten classrooms, it’s just 90.5%.

  • Search the PERS database: Check out how much Oregon government retirees receive in pension pay

    3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Ted Sickinger |Mark Friesen

    The Oregonian/OregonLive has updated its searchable database of beneficiaries of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, adding 5,947 beneficiaries who retired last year and another 118 who retired Jan. 1, 2025. The database is now available to all readers. (Click here to go to the database).

  • Updated PERS database: Check out how much Oregon government retirees receive in pension pay

    1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Ted Sickinger |Mark Friesen

    Portia Seely didn’t make the rules in Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System. But like thousands of government workers who were on the job in Oregon decades ago, she hit the lottery when she started taking benefits last year. Seely worked for just under 14 years as a government employee, with a high salary of $31,500 in 1985, state records show. But when she started receiving benefits on Dec.

  • Look up how many Portland shootings happened near your home in 2024

    1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Zaeem Shaikh |Mark Friesen

    For the first time in four years, the number of shootings in Portland dropped below 1,000 last year – a decline that shows the city may be moving away from the years of record-breaking violence amid the pandemic. Overall, citywide shootings — including those that ended in no injuries or non-fatal injuries — dropped by about 22% in 2024, to 803.

  • 4 charts that explain how Trump’s federal job cuts could hurt Oregon

    2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Ted Sickinger |Mark Friesen

    The Trump administration 2.0 is slashing jobs from the nation’s federal workforce at a dizzying pace. The purges are ongoing and touch every corner of Oregon. The state has a smaller federal workforce than most, but they’re well paid, and they live in a lot of counties where high-wage jobs are rare.

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Mark Friesen @mfriesen
10 Apr 25

.@Timodc Ad with you talking about cat vomit in ad-free TNL feed! Pls expedite damages for emotional suffering forthwith. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Mark Friesen
Mark Friesen @mfriesen
9 Apr 25

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Mark Friesen
Mark Friesen @mfriesen
9 Apr 25

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