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DEQ fines Zenith Energy, requests new land use statement from the City of Portland
Houston-based fossil fuel company Zenith Energy experienced a significant setback in its efforts to continue its oil transport and storage operations at the Critical Energy Infrastructure, or CEI, Hub. “Earth to Oregon” is a recurring column by Jeremiah Hayden covering developments in environmental policy and litigation in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, or…
Multnomah County certifies Portland’s first-ever ranked-choice election results
Multnomah County certified the 2024 election results Dec. 2, punctuating a long process that saw the implementation of Portland’s first-ever ranked choice voting, or RCV, and a new form of city government determined by four newly drawn districts. Despite high election anxiety nationally and locally, broad disinformation campaigns, and an early morning fire started by…
Oregon Department of Corrections health care panels, leadership cause concern
This is part 2 of a series examining what’s driving the deadliest period in Oregon Department of Corrections’ modern history. Street Roots released part 1 on May 29, 2024. Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of sexual and medical misconduct. “Patient is sent for current numbness aching (sic) now weakness and pain in both upper…
Opinion
Opinion | It’s a great time to support local journalism
If we’re living in a post-truth world, the Street Roots newspaper didn’t get the memo. Street Roots’ newspaper staff and freelancers spent the last year working tirelessly to uncover the truth about some of Portland’s most pertinent questions. From an affordable housing program catering to developers and subsidizing market-rate construction to traveling to Washington D.C.…
