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Bills before the Legislature face make-or-break deadlines this month
The Oregon Legislature is currently in its 2025 session, and Street Roots is publishing regular updates throughout its duration. For more of this ongoing coverage, visit streetroots.org. Only 34 working days remain in Oregon’s 160-day legislative session until lawmakers are constitutionally mandated to adjourn Sunday, June 29. Meanwhile, Tetiana Kamarali waits and worries. “We continue to…
Housing, health care collaboration breaks down barriers for both
After 18 years living on the streets, Richard Warhurst was housed. He got a voucher from The Father’s Heart, a Clackamas County homeless services organization, to rent a second-story apartment in a quiet complex surrounding a pool. He was warm and dry and had somewhere reliably safe to sleep each night. Six weeks later, he…
Opinion
Last Month in Oregon Labor | April 2025
Oregon labor maintained a steady drumbeat in April, with eight campaigns winning elections, 10 new union campaigns announced and five labor actions. “Last month in Oregon labor” is a monthly installment by Aurora Biggers covering all things Oregon labor. After seven months, the Teamsters-represented Bigfoot Beverages workers called off their strike but were faced with…
