A dashboard hosted by climate organization F Minus shows how lobbyists work for and against the environment simultaneously Lobbyists across Oregon seem to be having trouble deciding whether to work in the interest of the climate, the fossil fuel industry ...
14 Feb 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The arrival of COVID-19, fentanyl and rising housing costs create major challenges in every US state The Oregon legislature convened for a short, five-week session starting Feb. 5, and if the weeks leading up to it are any indication, drugs are on the tab ...
7 Feb 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Over 150 people demonstrated prior to attending a board meeting, providing testimony A broad coalition of local residents and organizations gathered at the Multnomah County board meeting Feb. 1, asking the county board to pass a resolution calling for a p ...
1 Feb 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Emergency shelters opened quickly and were widely used, but critics say their untimely closure deserves scrutiny The Multnomah County medical examiner is investigating four suspected hypothermia deaths in Portland, after temperatures dropped well below fr ...
31 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The Supreme Court will review a lower court decision barring cities’ criminalization of homelessness In a decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for homelessness policy in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan.12 to review a lo ...
12 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 3: Local outreach workers see improvements, but say lack of a clear process disrupts care and trust at Urban Alchemy-run villages Two local outreach workers sat in a van parked outside Southeast Portland's Reedway Safe Rest Village, or SRV, on a ...
10 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 2: Urban Alchemy settled a $1 million lawsuit days after Portland opened a UA-operated shelter site in July. The class action suit, brought by an employee in California, speaks to concerns about the organization’s model. Two days after the Clinton Tr ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
After a successful run first as an intern and then Street Roots Zuhl Fellow, Hayden joins Street Roots staff I couldn’t be happier to join the Street Roots editorial team as a staff reporter after serving as an intern this summer and then the Zuhl Fellow ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The sister of one homeless Portlander who died in 2022 says her brother struggled but brought beauty into his world Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual abuse. Jeremy Hofmann was just seven years old when his life changed forever. “That’s, I think, ...
20 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 1: Portland brought in a California nonprofit to run its temporary shelter sites amid criticism. Homeless Portlanders find hope and disappointment in the promise of a sanctioned space to live. When Mayor Ted Wheeler's then-senior advisor, Sam Ad ...
13 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden