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A small Oregon city's efforts to limit homelessness have drawn support from the state with the nation's largest homeless population.
Before I get started, (and piss people off), I should start by saying this: “house keys not handcuffs,” “care not jail,” and “stop the sweeps”—I breathe that. Now, once you get past mantras, there’s some real life outside that we all have to acknowledge about the mounds of policy failure that has become Portland, and now Oregon’s massive homeless problem: our streets are wild. The endless needles, pipes as common as the rain, the undiagnosed...
Governor Kotek, Mayor Wheeler, and Multnomah Co. Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announced Wednesday they are partnering with theMental Health & Addiction Associa
The kidnapped victim was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed legislation this month to end her state’s disastrous experiment with decriminalizing hard drugs, rolling back a 2020 ballot initiative she previously supported after it