Vulnerable Oregonians take center stage during Legislature's emergency session, likely to extend into next week He went to the hospital in Corvallis with pneumonia, but the physician who saw him thought the 64-year-old quadriplegic man with developme ...
26 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson
Whether the Legislature will convene to provide relief remains uncertain, and the Employment Department's director has been replaced in response to a massive backlog Kelsi Morrison’s livelihood abruptly ended when she closed the doors of Hair Bar 47, ...
4 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson
The governor’s decision not to call a special session leaves housing policy recommendations in the balance Morgan Florea doesn’t have to worry for three months about being evicted from her Portland apartment because she can’t pay the rent. Oregon Gov. Kat ...
7 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan One dollar and 14 cents. That’s the number Rep. Cheri Helt (R-Bend) wanted people to remember at the close of the initial hearing on ...
7 Feb 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
A bill in the House would help people make it to the five-year mark, where chance of relapse drops drastically Portland was going to be a fresh start for Lor Hiou, 27, and her boyfriend. Hiou had just completed a 30-day inpatient drug treatment program in ...
17 May 2019 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Oregon business lobbyists scapegoat public workers while ignoring corporate responsibility for budget cuts The Oregon Legislature is planning a pay cut for public employees, as a big part of a package to restructure the deficits caused by the ...
10 May 2019 - Mary King
A boost in funding is sought to hire more caseworkers and stabilize existing foster families Marissa Johnson’s former foster child had no place to go. When the youth’s behavior became potentially dangerous to herself and her foster family, the Oregon Depa ...
3 May 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Expansion proposed of Child Welfare’s Independent Living Program and other transition services Whitney Rodgers has spent nearly half her life moving from placement to placement in the foster care system, but it wasn’t until she turned 17 that she began to ...
8 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Legislation would establish an ombudsman to work with foster parents Many families believe the first step toward solving Oregon’s foster home shortage is giving current foster parents a spot at the decision-making table. “We weren’t treated like part of t ...
8 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett