As Portland rents rise and evictions threaten tenants, Commons Law Center steps in: Season of Sharing 2024
Between October 2023 and September 2024, Multnomah County recorded 11,243 evictions, according to Portland State University ...
Pension spikes will cost Oregon public employers $1.8B in the next biennium: ‘It will be more intense before it gets less’
Schools and other public employers face major pension cost increases in July. Portland Public Schools will see its required ...
Siletz Regalia Sharing Closet breaks down barriers to Indigenous culture: Season of Sharing 2024
Two cousins are bridging a cultural gap by providing Indigenous youth with access to traditional regalia, fostering a sense ...
Readers respond: Stop coddling drug users
The “leadership” at the city of Portland and Multnomah County have done it yet again. After spending 50 years at the same ...
Readers respond: Volunteer emergency training is money well spent
I did this with a cohort of about 30 other citizen volunteers. We gave our free time to learn these skills so that we could ...
Opinion
Readers respond: Oregon policies creating unfillable need
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports on the front page that in our three-county area, more people become homeless each month on average than become housed, (“ Homelessness is increasing faster than ...