Candidates running in districts 33, 38, 41, 43 and 49 Maxine Dexter (D), State Rep. District 33, Portland, Incumbent, Submitted answers Maxine Dexter (D), District 33 1. What do you believe is the main cause of the homelessness crisis? In terms of concret ...
12 Oct 2022 - Aurora Biggers and Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo
Sharon Meieran believes the Joint Office of Homeless Services should be ‘overhauled’ to fix the county's ongoing gridlock in addressing homelessness. Her opponent, Jessica Vega Pederson argues the office needs more investment. Homelessness and housin ...
5 Oct 2022 - Piper McDaniel
The Portland Community College Bond Measure, David Douglas School District Bond Measure and a Parkrose School District 5-year Operating Levy will be on this year's ballot. Read more about them: Measure 26-224 Portland Community College Bond Measure A ...
5 Oct 2022 - Melanie Henshaw and Piper McDaniel
Seven reforms packaged in individual measures would bring ranked choice voting to county elections, increase transparency Portland isn’t the only area government facing a potential shake-up in the form of changes to its governing charter. The Multnomah Co ...
5 Oct 2022 - K. Rambo and Piper McDaniel
Portland Measure 26-228 brings Portland's city government into the new millennia, but opponents say it's too complicated and will limit a mayor Measure 26-228 proposes significant amendments to the city charter that would alter the form of gover ...
5 Oct 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Democratic incumbent Rep. Earl Blumenauer is running against Republican Joanna Harbour in Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District Oregon’s 3rd U.S. Congressional District serves a population of approximately 851,000 people. It encompasses much of Multnomah Co ...
28 Sep 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Democratic incumbent Rep. Suzanne Bonamici is running against Republican candidate Chris Mann Oregon’s 1st U.S. Congressional District serves a population of about 865,000 and encompasses Clatsop, Columbia, Washington, Yamhill and parts of Multnomah count ...
28 Sep 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Landlords send property managers to court in their stead while tenants struggle to represent themselves What happened in eviction court late in the afternoon of Sept. 8 was ordinary — the Multnomah County Circuit Court docket held a roster of tenant-landl ...
14 Sep 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Street Roots talks with key official about the program’s aims to alleviate homelessness by year’s end Communities across the country face an unprecedented rate of homelessness. Once considered a phenomenon generally confined to big cities by the public an ...
26 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Cost of living, inflation and ongoing pandemic impacts contribute to record levels of poverty "It feels like I’m the string quartet on the Titanic," M. said — referencing the quartet playing as the ship sank — while they cradled two paper grocer ...
17 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel