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Lawmakers outline $200 million plan to fight Oregon homelessness

Legislation to address homelessness heating up after sluggish start to session Looking at committee schedules, bills affecting housing and homelessness seemed to take baby steps through the Capitol during the first days of Oregon's 2023 legislative s ...

1 Mar 2023 - Tom Henderson
Oregon abortion providers prepare for increased demand

As providers are dealing with increasing numbers of out-of-state patients, rural Oregonians also face a lack of access The leaked Supreme Court draft revealing the likely reversal of the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade is reverberating acros ...

25 May 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Street Roots Podcast | NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof wants to make you uncomfortable

Episode 20: The “Tightrope” author and longtime Oregonian talks about using his platform to draw people’s attention to our nation’s inequities On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof joins host DeVon Pouncey ...

3 Jul 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
Oregon bill might protect structures from tsunami, but residents’ safety is paper thin

The state has done little to protect its coastal communities from catastrophe B ack when Oregon’s positive cases of COVID-19 could still be counted on two hands, Jay Wilson, the former chair of Oregon’s Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission (the earth ...

26 May 2021 - Chris May
Anti-camping law in Medford draws national attention

Critics say the ordinance, which makes unauthorized camping a misdemeanor, criminalizes homelessness while proponents say it’s necessary for community safety The Bear Creek Greenway, a 20-mile paved trail connecting several towns in Southern Oregon, has b ...

28 Apr 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Josephine County will get its only low-barrier shelter — but only for 90 days

Achieving even temporary shelter in this conservative Southern Oregon county was no simple task This story is part of a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County. Update April 7: On April 5, Rogue Retreat an ...

10 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Desperation in Josephine County: On the brink of homelessness

In a part of Southern Oregon notorious for its dearth of affordable housing, a family is at risk of losing the RVs that have kept them off the street This is the first part in a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephi ...

3 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Medford residents to sue over camp sweep during wildfire

The eight plaintiffs say police arrested them after closing a park that was designated for unhoused campers displaced by the Almeda fire At least eight people, some of whom are homeless, say they plan to sue the city of Medford, the Medford Police Departm ...

7 Oct 2020 - Joe Opaleski
Candidates of color are shaking up small-town politics across Oregon

Several communities will have a chance in November to diversify their city councils for the first time Residents in several Oregon cities — from Ashland to Springfield to Bend — have an opportunity this November to elect the first person of color to ever ...

21 Aug 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
Houseless plaintiffs win in lawsuit against Grants Pass

In a town where no year-round emergency shelter is provided, people forced to sleep outside will have relief from punitive measures A federal judge on Wednesday issued an opinion in the class-action lawsuit homeless residents brought against the Southern ...

23 Jul 2020 - Emily Green