Democratic incumbent Sen. Ron Wyden faces Republican challenger Jo Rae Perkins to represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate Both candidates running to represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate probably feel like they've been here before. For Democratic incumbent ...
28 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
Democrat Tina Kotek, the prohibitive favorite to become Oregon’s next governor, is placing a premium on new development in her plans to address housing affordability and homelessness in Oregon — a common thread for almost every candidate in almost every r ...
23 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
The next governor will be selected during a pivotal time for Oregon. Homelessness, pandemic-related economic hardship and a severe lack of affordable housing combine to create a time of historic need for lower- and middle-income Oregonians. Whoever is ele ...
23 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
Over the next four weeks, expect to learn a lot about what candidates plan to do about housing and homelessness Letter from the editor: It's getting to be that time again. The time when people throughout the state argue (or alternatively agree) with ...
21 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
Save for a few exceptions, Drazan’s platform to address housing and homelessness embodies the pro-business, rugged-individualism law-and-order principles part and parcel for Republican politicians More police, police funding and anti-homeless ordinance en ...
21 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
A ubiquitous feature in the Portland landscape, Street Roots vendors make the city better Letter from the editor: Readers are no doubt familiar with Street Roots vendors. Fixtures of the community, vendors brave cold, heat, rain, snow, pandemics and a lit ...
7 Sep 2022 - Raven Drake and Gary Barker and K. Rambo
Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency July 22 due to the impending danger of extreme heat, but city contractors continued sweeping homeless encampments until at least July 25 at noon While city and county agencies, as well as mutual aid groups, ...
3 Aug 2022 - K. Rambo
Various agencies opened 24-hour cooling centers throughout the city, in addition to the numerous daytime cooling and misting centers the city and local nonprofits set up in response to the heat. Editor’s note: This story pertains to a developing situation ...
27 Jul 2022 - K. Rambo and Kanani Cortez
Street Services Coordination Center offering fewer shelter referrals as sweeps increase Crystal Kelly has lived in a tent near a bus station in Old Town for months. Homeless for a few years now, she’s been trying, as she puts it, “to get clean, to stay ou ...
20 Jul 2022 - Tyler Walicek and K. Rambo
Unhoused Portlanders swept using the tactic say it undermines safety, stability and human dignity What’s the difference between moving with one hour’s notice and 72 hours’ notice? “A lot,” DJ Husar, Street Roots vendor, said. The city swept Husar, an unho ...
6 Jul 2022 - K. Rambo