DEQ awaits a risk assessment from the city to inform the timeline for cleanup The city of Portland's plan for a new sanctioned homeless site, slated for an early 2024 opening, is currently contaminated with hazardous chemicals. The city has a lot of ...
15 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Oregon Law Center lawsuit argues city ordinance violates Oregon constitution, asks for temporary injunctive relief for homeless Portlanders A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge approved an Oregon Law Center, or OLC, request for a temporary injunction No ...
9 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt told Mayor Ted Wheeler the district attorney’s office is not able to fulfill its role as described in the ordinance banning most sleeping in public in a Nov. 6 letter. The Multnomah County District Attorney’ ...
9 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo and Jeremiah Hayden
Homeless Portlanders, service providers prepare for Nov. 13 sleeping ban enforcement while the mayor's office goes quiet Less than two weeks before the city is set to enforce its wide-reaching public sleeping ban Nov. 13 — days after nighttime temper ...
8 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo
Portland Public Schools workers, represented by the Portland Association of Teachers went on strike Nov. 1 after several rounds of mediation sessions for the union’s next three-year contract Critics say Portland educators are harming students by striking ...
8 Nov 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Grant funds will go toward installing air conditioning and heating units and planting trees in the area to address shade inequity The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, awarded $3.8 million to six environmental justice projects across Oregon on Oct. ...
8 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Despite public perception, Metro data shows housed residents are responsible for most waste dumped on public property “Trash tells a story,” Stephanie Rawson said. While the general public may not see abandoned garbage as an archeological site, Rawson, Me ...
1 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Journalists, teachers, auto workers and other industries see labor activity. Oregon's labor scene had at least 5 union wins, 12 new campaigns or election filings and 13 labor actions. Oregon saw at least five union election wins, 12 new campaigns or ...
1 Nov 2023 - Aurora Biggers
While all but one book returned to some libraries after outcry, advocates, students unhappy with lesser acts of censorship Canby middle school students can no longer access “Out of Darkness,” a novel by Ashley Hope Pérez, at school. The novel exploring th ...
1 Nov 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Advocates say the pipeline carries a high potential for explosions, wildfires and spills The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, approved the expansion of a fracked gas pipeline running through the Pacific Northwest in a blow to environmental a ...
1 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden