We asked Evan Greer with Fight for the Future, the group that’s suing the company In one ad for Amazon’s Ring surveillance system, a pair of bumbling crooks is frightened off by the mere sight of the Ring doorbell — as the homeowner smirks while monitorin ...
3 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy
A Kenton neighborhood initiative to deskill postal work aims to improve efficiency, but mail carriers say it has the opposite effect Some time in late fall, Miriam Linder noticed mail was coming later and later – sometimes as late or 7 or 8 p.m. “We go, ‘ ...
13 Dec 2019 - Christen McCurdy
The county’s mental health funding isn’t reaching half of the people who qualify, according to the report More than half of adults who qualify for mental health services offered by Multnomah County aren’t getting them, according to an audit report release ...
29 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
‘Our housing policy needs a major remodel,’ the senator says During a stop this month in southwest Portland, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) touted his plan to increase the stock of affordable housing and expand the affordable-housing tax credit. Wyden introdu ...
15 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
The pastor and social-justice activist who renewed the Poor People’s Campaign is coming to Portland to talk about a ‘moral revival’ The Rev. William J. Barber II is calling for a moral revival and a new reconstruction. The North Carolina pastor and activi ...
8 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
Layoffs come as the health center sees more patients forgo coverage due to a ‘chilling effect’ from Trump’s immigration rhetoric and ‘public charge’ policy Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has cut 34 jobs and frozen 47 open positions across its netw ...
25 Oct 2019 - Christen McCurdy
In 2013, the city agreed to create a mental health center in its settlement with the Department of Justice over police use of force. Two years later, what that would look like is all still a matter of perspective. Local hospitals are going full steam ahea ...
7 May 2015 - Christen McCurdy
With legalized marijuana on the books, Oregon lawmakers now consider a landmark bill that would help people with marijuana convictions on their records When Scott Mulgrew was 18 and attending high school in Spokane, he got pulled over for speeding in a sc ...
28 Mar 2015 - Christen McCurdy
Anjeanette Brown lives in Portland and works in Gresham. For about a year, now, she’s been a waitress for a local restaurant that is part of a chain, and has worked with the parent company for 10 years, off and on. Prior to taking her current position, Br ...
30 Jan 2015 - Christen McCurdy
Earlier this month, the City Club of Portland released a report – based on a thorough review of academic research, media reports and interviews with stakeholders – concluding what homeless advocates have been saying for more than 20 years: housing is heal ...
27 Jan 2015 - Christen McCurdy