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SALEM — A new report from Portland State University shows that an avalanche of looming evictions across Oregon could come with an eye-popping cost to society — $3.3 billion.

Researchers at Portland State University say the state’s eviction moratorium could cost far more than the value of unpaid rent.

SALEM — A new report from Portland State University shows an avalanche of looming evictions across Oregon could come with an eye-popping cost to society — $3.3 billion.

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its one-year mark in the United States, millions of people are still unable to make their monthly rent payments. In Oregon, an estimated 11.7 percent of the leased households did not pay rent in January, and recent US Census data find that an estimated 89,000 Oregonians currently owe some amount of unpaid rent from the past year. Oregon's statewide eviction moratorium currently allows tenants whose income has been financially pummeled...

While the COVID-19 pandemic rages on worldwide with new variants, the urgency for Kentucky nurses to continue to be on the frontlines now extends out to a massive vaccine campaign. Just like Florence Nightingale, mother of modern nursing, and Mary Jane Seacole, British-Jamaican nurse and business woman, did in the Crimean war, nurses today are working 24/7 to get the mission accomplished.   Although the practice settings may change from a critical care unit one day and the next day a large p...

In Unprecedented Times, Nothing Less Than Universal Rent Relief Will Do An intimate look at what it’s like fighting for meaningful state-level rent relief when the powers that be don’t believe everyone is worth saving. February 3, 2021, 10am PST | LM_Ortiz Share Journal entry—Dec. 9, 2020 I am yelling on a Zoom call again, this one a virtual meeting of policymakers, community leaders, and technocrats talking about Oregon state policy. As a faculty member at Portland State University,...

Pastor cuts short Zoom meeting with interfaith peace group due to barrage of bullets near his Portland church Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 19, 2020 Police recovered more than 80 shell casings from three different types of firearms scattered around North Vancouver Avenue Thursday night. Mark Graves/StaffMark Graves Facebook Share A deafening noise startled Pastor J.W. Matt Hennessee as he sat on a Zoom call in his office at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church. He heard a rapid succession...