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Street Roots is hiring a reporter

This is a contract position for 30 hours per week for 4 months, beginning in late May Overview Street Roots is hiring a reporter to work 30 hours a week on social and/or environmental justice focused stories for a duration of four months. This position re ...

4 May 2020 - Street Roots
Neighborhood prosecutors: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt whether they'd continue a program that often results in prosecutions for low-level misdemeanors QUESTION: In Multnomah County, each neighborhood has a county prosecutor who focuses, in many cases, on p ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Prosecuting domestic violence: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they'd change the low prosecution rate for domestic violence cases QUESTION: The last time we crunched the numbers, we found that among Oregon’s five largest counties, Multnomah County has the lowe ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Community court: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they could improve the community court QUESTION: Do you see any opportunities for improvement in the way Multnomah County’s Community Court functions? It could be shaped many ways, such as the service m ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Fines and fees: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt if they'd eliminate fines and fees for people in poverty QUESTION: People experiencing homelessness and poverty disproportionately interface with the criminal justice system, producing an additional la ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Pretrial release: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt if they'd release defendants without bail for nonviolent offenses QUESTION: Will you commit during this interview to releasing people who are pretrial for nonviolent offenses without bail, should you w ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Leadership: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they'd run the DA's Office differently than the incumbent QUESTION: What’s the biggest difference we’ll see between the way you would run the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office and th ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Rose City Resource is now online

Street Roots’ updated guide provides a complete list of services, as well as notices related to COVID-19 Street Roots is delighted to announce the release of a new online version of the Rose City Resource at rosecityresource.streetroots.org. With COVID-19 ...

1 May 2020 - Street Roots
Addiction services get a big push toward the ballot

Oregon Initiative Proposal 44 would create the Drug Addiction and Recovery Act. Here's what that means. Editor's note: This story was updated March 10 to reflect the more recent signature tally. Organizers behind the initiative to reduce the pun ...

6 Mar 2020 - Street Roots
Mayor to host Portland forums about homelessness

Community members are invited to join conversations with service providers, community advocates and people with lived experiences Mayor Ted Wheeler will host a series of four community conversations about homelessness. The first event is Saturday, Feb. 1 ...

31 Jan 2020 - Street Roots