Here’s a breakdown of some of the bills we’re following during the Oregon Legislature’s 2026 short session ...

The street vendor stands at the corner holding out a newspaper to you, the reader. Street Roots’ model is about jobs and journalism. It also serves as a visual cue that journalism should be in public ...

Oregon House District 28 Oregon House District 28 contains portions of Multnomah and Washington counties – covering Raleigh Hills, Garden Home, Hillsdale, and parts of southwestern and downtown ...

When prison staff told Natalia Hernandez in August she was being released early, she initially didn’t want to leave. “At one point, I even begged them to stay,” she recently told lawmakers. At the ...

In 2013, Oregon lawmakers changed our public safety course, putting us on track to create safer, healthier communities. The Justice Reinvestment Act (HB 3194) of 2013 averted our need to start ...

This article was co-published by Street Roots and The Guardian. City officials are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s threats to dispatch troops to Portland to clear protesters from an ...

The Oregon Legislature is currently in its 2025 session, and Street Roots is publishing regular updates throughout its duration. Among the legislation being considered are bills impacting tenant ...

“And I learned (later) that they found a skull in the basement,” Secret said, completely jolting me out of a story she was sharing about a time when a rude customer on her newspaper route challenged ...

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 ...

When developers broke ground on a half-billion-dollar luxury hotel and condo highrise in 2019, developer Walter Bowen and local officials boasted the project would contribute the largest investment in ...

The Port of Portland wants to change the law so it can keep dumping dredge waste in West Hayden Island’s natural area off Oregon's Columbia River When the City of Portland pulled West Hayden Island ...

When there are so many challenges to making the beautiful world we believe in the same one we live in, what do we do in Portland? When the world is increasingly ready for ways to heal deep social ...