DMV fees waived to encourage license reinstatement, but barriers remain for those with debt from minor infractions Malik Seamster needs to get his daughter to and from school, go to the grocery store, landscaping or warehouse jobs and elsewhere. Without a ...
29 Dec 2021 - Jake Thomas
Conservationists and scientists say ‘clearing fuel’ may be helping clear the way for historically destructive fires After forest fires burned 793,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park during a particularly dry summer marked by high winds in 1988, Tim Ing ...
17 Aug 2021 - Jake Thomas
Gov. Kate Brown called for reduction of diesel emissions in an ambitious climate order, but experts and advocates remain skeptical the state has the infrastructure to get it done A state agency is moving forward with regulations to reduce the environment ...
11 Aug 2021 - Jake Thomas
The legal action resulted in a settlement reached with the Employment Department in June giving people more time and clarity on how they can keep their benefits Matt Belanger recalled laughing with his wife in May while bringing in the mail at their St. H ...
21 Jul 2021 - Jake Thomas
The complaint describes a desperate situation: The institution charged with managing almost all of your financial decisions won’t give you enough of your own money to pay rent. “My rent is $380. So I know I had more monies available,” reads a handwritten ...
30 Dec 2014 - Jake Thomas
A lawsuit alleging widespread corruption in its social service programs has been filed against Clackamas County. Filed Nov. 17 by Galina Burley, a former human services manager with the county, the lawsuit states that Clackamas County’s Social Services Di ...
6 Dec 2014 - Jake Thomas
This fall, Oregon voters could make the state the third in the country to legalize marijuana for recreational use. However, what that might mean for Oregonians depends on where they fall on the economic spectrum. If Oregon voters approve Measure 91, which ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Richard Harris spent much of his working life with people addicted to various substances, and he knows about drugs and what they can do to people. So when Harris came out in support of Measure 91, which would legalize recreational marijuana use if approve ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Law enforcement and police accountability advocates alike are warming to the idea of requiring officers to film their encounters with citizens – a trend that promises to profoundly change law enforcement. Proponents of the idea expect that equipping offic ...
3 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Gary Spanovich is a cheery 65-year-old man, who, from a tidy office in Northeast Portland has been working for the last 15 years toward a simple, yet seemingly impossible goal: prevent people from being violently killed. Spanovich is the executive directo ...
9 Sep 2014 - Jake Thomas