One of the first major housing initiatives under Portland’s new form of government is on track to return to City Council after being derailed by concerns that it would attract lawsuits. Portland City ...

Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, local community networks are the first line of defense. Here’s what Oregon advocates say you should do if you see agents detaining someone. As ...

For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social ...

On the streets of downtown Portland on June 18, masked federal agents pulled over and arrested a Colombian man who had just left immigration court. The incident, caught on video and first reported by ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

One 2023 death reveals a complicated web of policy and procedures impacting the efficacy of the city’s emergency response systems It takes about seven minutes for Portland Street Response to get ...

The Oregon Legislature is currently in its 2025 session, and Street Roots is publishing regular updates throughout its duration. For more of this ongoing coverage, visit streetroots.org. Only 34 ...

Gov. Kotek, environmental advocates demand clarity on Department of Energy’s plans for Hanford Site’s nuclear waste. Public comment is open until Sept. 1. Oregon is not home to the most contaminated ...

Advocates say a lack of water, shade and other resources endanger people forced to live on a bare lot as hot weather approaches The city of Grants Pass is scrambling to meet basic humanitarian ...

“Everybody that I know who doesn’t live in Portland is convinced that we burned it to the ground in 2020,” Aaron Roussell, an associate sociology professor at PSU and an expert on policing, said.

A legal loophole allows ex-cops with lifetime bans from law enforcement to search, cite and arrest people on and around university campuses A legal loophole allows former law enforcement officers with ...

Laura Gutowski lives just down the street from the Grants Pass home she resided in for 25 years. Her son used to play baseball in Morrison Centennial Park, where she now stays in a tent not far from ...