The state is supposed to provide cash compensation to people sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit. With many still waiting for payments, lawmakers will consider revising the program When ...

Insurers, hospitals want a break from a program to contain health care costs. The ask comes as federal policy is expected to wreak havoc on Oregon health care. The country’s largest health insurance ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

The BLACK Gallery hosts storytelling exhibit created by Northeast Portland residents on reclaiming their neighborhood and the meaning of home As a child, Quentin Staples lived in Northeast Portland ...

Between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, the city hired city contractor Rapid Response Bio Clean to conduct at least 8,764 sweeps, where workers confiscate the belongings of people living outside and ...

From redlining to the Reagan administration to the present-day crisis, the government has spent decades shifting the burden to the private sector Housing is political, and public housing is political ...

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...

For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic ...

According to a recent Gallup poll, 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965. And worker organizing has led to unionization of stores at a number of well-known, ...

The Housing First pioneer explains why the policy of housing a person before attempting to fix their underlying issues works best In the late 1980s and early ’90s, on both ends of the country, the ...

Sentenced as a teen to life without parole – ‘a living death sentence’ – she tells street papers she’s ashamed of how America treats its children In 1995, 17-year-old Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life ...

Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel ...