The Oregon Legislature wrapped up its even-year short session after approving millions of dollars to build new housing and provide more shelter beds and other services for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness Robert Day has given up on ever living ...
3 Apr 2024 - Tom Henderson
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
Health experts say Oregon should stay the course on decriminalization, drug treatment programs A core tenet of Measure 110 — the ballot measure Oregon voters passed decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs — is using cannabis tax dollars for ...
25 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Legislative session ends with a mixed bag on housing issues as human toll continues The 2023 Oregon Legislature convened Jan. 17. Melisa Blake died from hypothermia four days later in a downtown Salem parking lot. Legislators came to Salem with an energet ...
12 Jul 2023 - Tom Henderson
Among large landlords, data shows at least 35% of Landlord Compensation Fund money went out of state, but the state's tracking system obscures exactly how much In March 2020, at least 676 Oregon households faced the prospect of losing their homes. Ea ...
19 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Amid inflation and high rent costs, Senate Bill 611 seeks to strengthen rent control, tenants rights President Lyndon Johnson said, "Education is the only valid passport from poverty," but 58 years later, Andrea Haverkamp said a lot of highly ed ...
12 Apr 2023 - Tom Henderson
Tribes fear the Supreme Court decision will hamper the ability to protect their citizens. PL-280 states like Oregon may be the most accurate basis for predictions. In 2015, the state of Oklahoma convicted Victor Castro-Huerta of neglecting his stepdaughte ...
27 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
A complaint argues the nonprofit acts as a political committee The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office is investigating People for Portland for possible election law violations. The controversial nonprofit organization became an influential voice in the lo ...
30 Jun 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Gov. Kate Brown says special tax treatment amplifies racial inequity A recent state audit of a mortgage tax deduction found it disproportionately benefited wealthy, white Oregonians — Street Roots found many other tax deductions may share the same charac ...
13 Apr 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Secretary of State's Office finds Oregon ranked 6th-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism in 2020, urges state to act Oregon ranked sixth-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism between 2011 and 2020 according to ...
6 Apr 2022 - Piper McDaniel