Pets can be integral to surviving homelessness. Providing hope, connection and companionship in difficult circumstances. With a smile on her face, Julie holds her small dog close. They live together in a Portland shelter. “She is my life,” Julie said. “I ...
5 Jun 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Part 1: An average of 49 prisoners died each year in the state’s prisons since 2020, a 45% increase over the 33.8 annual deaths reported in the previous 20 years, despite a decreasing prison population This is part 1 of a series examining what's driv ...
29 May 2024 - K. Rambo
Announced before holiday weekend, emergency ordinance skirts transparency, authorizes PPB to bolster shields and munitions inventory The day before Memorial Day weekend began, Portland City Council abruptly scheduled a May 29 vote to authorize Portland Po ...
27 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden and K. Rambo
In a 4-0 vote, the Environmental Quality Commission is the latest in a series of regulators to acknowledge impropriety, abdicate authority A state regulatory board denied environmental advocates’ petition requesting the board hold a hearing regarding Zeni ...
24 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The request for the court to set aside the lawsuit ruling was due in part because its owner and attorney forgot about the case The city of Portland’s primary private contractor for sweeps quietly lost a wrongful death lawsuit in January 2022, court record ...
22 May 2024 - Terah Bennett and K. Rambo
My time with Street Roots glimpsed a 'future, compassionate society' My housemates and I have a shared 424-song playlist, but somehow the same five songs always come on. Lately, Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has been in frequent circulation. Chapma ...
22 May 2024 - Talia Ehrenberg
Portland’s primary sweep contractor dogged by lawsuits, concerns, complaints At the Ground Score Association warehouse in Portland’s Old Town on March 30, community members met to discuss city government actions in their neighborhoods — specifically sweep ...
15 May 2024 - Terah Bennett
Portland City Council passes amended law seeking to jail and fine homeless Portlanders after court injunction halted 2023 version Mayor Ted Wheeler and the city of Portland are again pursuing fining and jailing homeless Portlanders for behavior resulting ...
15 May 2024 - K. Rambo
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers Grants Pass v. Johnson, addressing homelessness requires more work, regardless of outcome Cassy Leach woke up early on April 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson across the c ...
8 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Street Roots asked candidates running in Districts 1-4 their plans to address housing and homelessness Street Roots sent candidates in the May 21 Oregon Primary the same three questions about homelessness and housing in the state. Street Roots sent the qu ...
1 May 2024 - K. Rambo and Tom Henderson