The vulnerable residents of this affordable complex in downtown Portland have found an ally The 31 low-income tenants facing eviction from the Lincoln Hotel in downtown Portland have found an ally in Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury. Before a Jan. ...
11 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
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
Advocates call for competitive bidding and cultural diversity in the selection of the specialist who evaluates police recruits Advocates for police accountability and for Portland’s African-American community are once again asking the city of Portland and ...
30 Nov 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Candidates for Portland City Council answer Street Roots’ questions Street Roots asked both candidates for Portland City Council to respond to five questions in 1,200 words or less. The first question was unique to each candidate. The remaining questions ...
19 Oct 2018 - Street Roots
A local transit union and a rider advocacy group want the transit authority to rethink its decision to contract with Portland Patrol, Inc. For 15 years, TriMet Rider Advocates helped de-escalate high-tension situations on public transit vehicles and platf ...
23 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | State and local taxes on the rich could support affordable housing, child care, health care in Oregon Right-wing billionaires are funding a class war against the rest of the country, to grab an even bigger share of the pie without regard for ...
16 Mar 2018 - Mary King
The city's utility discount program has long struggled to reach renters in multi-family buildings In 1995, Portland’s water bureau became one of the first in the nation to offer a low-income discount program to residents. It began with the goal of re ...
16 Feb 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
On the heels of the FCC’s ruling on net neutrality, advocates have renewed their efforts for a city-owned internet utility in Portland Advocates behind a new campaign want the city of Portland to lay and operate its own fiber optic network to ensure that ...
12 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
Portland’s pedestrian use zones ‘deeply troubling,’ legal director says The question of how people experiencing homelessness occupy public spaces has become a seasonal argument these days. As with years past, the question is again thrust into the public s ...
22 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The city's new tribal liaison hopes Portland can set an example for other cities "Everywhere you are, Indians have been.... Every hill, every creek, every meadow, every forest, every inch of the Willamette River bank in this city has a story of ...
22 Dec 2017 - Stephen Quirke