Public records show how Zenith Energy plans to continue expanding its facility, which sits between the Willamette River and Forest Park. (City of Portland public records) ...

Evidence that the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportation is already harming the economy arrived in the July jobs report Recently, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, took away ...

Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn on singing in praise of nonviolence “I honour nonviolence as a way of being, and as a political tactic, but I am not a pacifist. As we continue to watch the world’s ...

Cottonwood School is scrambling to move into a new building just weeks before the start of the school year, saying federal agents’ treatment of protesters endangers students A K-8 school adjacent to ...

For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social ...

On the streets of downtown Portland on June 18, masked federal agents pulled over and arrested a Colombian man who had just left immigration court. The incident, caught on video and first reported by ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

Portland would normally collect up front from developers unwilling to meet the city’s affordable housing standards. Block 216’s switcheroo delayed its payment. Now, it may never pay. When developers ...

The press may be a watchdog, but State Rep. Darin Harbick (R-Oakridge) wants to yank its leash. How hard? Critics and supporters of House Bill 3564 differ on that point. Drafted by Harbick, the bill ...

The order comes as the city seeks to hire former Trump homelessness czar as a consultant, stoking fears of a more destructive approach to crisis The legality of Grants Pass’ homelessness policies is ...

Two law firms filed a joint, emergency lawsuit in Josephine County Circuit Court Jan. 30, requesting a temporary injunction against the city of Grants Pass over its time, place and manner restrictions ...

Lacey Sutton was eager to move her family into the Mill Park home she purchased in March 2023 — she had her eyes on the place for a while. The Cherry Blossom Townhome Apartments, built by Habitat for ...