Danielle Outlaw tells Street Roots staff and vendors that police are chasing the radio while getting blamed for problems they cannot solve Danielle Outlaw has been thrust into the spotlight. The first African-American woman to serve as chief of the Portla ...
7 Dec 2018 - Emily Green and John Emshwiller
Fears that the West Virginian senator will derail climate change policy mount, but Wyden's office says he's promoting green energy in other ways Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) was named the top Democrat on the Senate ener ...
5 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
Instructors at Financial Beginnings Oregon share advice about building credit, packing away retirement savings and staying on budget this holiday season When the Oregon Legislature removed personal finance from high school diploma requirements and lumped ...
23 Nov 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon courts are going through the motions of imposing and collecting punitive fines and fees, but when it comes to low-income defendants, nothing about the process adds up This article is the second installment of a Street Roots investigation into the i ...
16 Nov 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon’s monetary sanctions punish the poor more harshly and tether them to the criminal justice system for years after their initial ticket or fee This article is the first installment of a Street Roots investigation into the impact of criminal and traf ...
9 Nov 2018 - Emily Green
Rural counties see the greatest increase, with 73 percent living unsheltered in those areas Homelessness among military veterans has increased 9 percent in Oregon since 2017, with 1,363 veterans experiencing homelessness across the state, according to dat ...
9 Nov 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon Global Warming Commission warns climate change is impacting state while consumption-based emissions continue to rise Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are accelerating, and so are emissions released, within the state and elsewhe ...
26 Oct 2018 - Emily Green
Former lawmaker Rocky Barilla responds to sheriffs’ criticism, says police helped draft the "non-controversial" legislation 31 years ago Sixteen Oregon sheriffs signed a letter in August urging Oregonians to vote yes on Ballot Measure 105 to rep ...
19 Oct 2018 - Emily Green
In Oregon, it's not easy to mandate that someone get mental health treatment. Local officials and a workgroup in Salem want to change that. Two groups have been working separately on legislation for the upcoming session that would make it easier for ...
12 Oct 2018 - Emily Green
An examination of the claims being made around the proposed Oregon ban on taxing ‘groceries’ Oregon voters will soon decide whether to place a statewide ban on taxing groceries. But what exactly “groceries” are and to what industries this ban would extend ...
28 Sep 2018 - Emily Green