Polling for the race shows Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Jamie McLeod-Skinner are in a highly competitive race for Oregon's newly redistricted 5th Congressional District Oregon's 5th Congressional District Since the last U.S. Congressional election in ...
28 Sep 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Cheri Helt and Christina Stephenson vie for the nonpartisan Commissioner of Labor and Industries seat, a role that oversees all programs of the Bureau of Labor and Industries The Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries, or labor commissioner, is a non ...
21 Sep 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Measures 111, 112, 113 and 114 propose changes to the Oregon Constitution, a permit-to-purchase system for purchasing firearms and more Oregon Measure 111: Amendment to add health care as a right for all in state constitution Ballot Measure 111 would add ...
21 Sep 2022 - Piper McDaniel and Mia Ryder-Marks and Melanie Henshaw
Exploring themes of connection and disruption through art and sculpture This is the second installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. Brenda Mallory is an artist, scul ...
31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
NAYA, which already maintains three affordable development projects in the Cully neighborhood, plans to begin construction on a new project in the Portsmouth neighborhood next year As rents continue to skyrocket, increasing numbers of renters across the U ...
31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Lehuauakea, kapa maker and cultural practitioner, finds community in both the Northwest and Hawai'i This is the first installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. B ...
16 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
In Oregon and across Turtle Island, colonizing powers rewrite Indigenous history, sanitizing the atrocities of genocide and erasing enduring Indigenous presence and joy The massive lake known in English as Crater Lake attracts visitors from all over the w ...
9 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
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
Native Americans seeking abortions must negotiate a complex maze of legal, financial and jurisdictional barriers to receive care Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. After the landmark Supreme Court decision in ...
13 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Henshaw (Mvskoke) is a skilled multimedia reporter who has covered a variety of topics, she's poised to make an impact in her new role. I am extremely grateful to accept the position of Street Root’s first-ever Indigenous affairs reporter. I believe ...
6 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw