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
Advocates say the decision is a big win for public health and a model for other municipalities The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, or LUBA, decided the city of Portland can limit new fossil fuel storage and expansion of current storage Sept. 29, dealing ...
26 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Health experts say Oregon should stay the course on decriminalization, drug treatment programs A core tenet of Measure 110 — the ballot measure Oregon voters passed decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs — is using cannabis tax dollars for ...
25 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden