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Homeless · OregonThe Supreme Court will consider Monday whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.See the Story
With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court will weigh bans on sleeping outdoors
67% Center coverage: 109 sources
Homeless · Grants PassThe rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court.See the Story
Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
85% Center coverage: 46 sources
Tina Kotek · OregonOregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues.See the Story
Oregon governor signs drug re-criminalization bill, reversing voter ballot measure
41% Center coverage: 46 sources
Homeless · OregonA federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services.U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke found that an ordinance passed by the small city of Brookings, on the southern Oregon coast, violated the religious freedom rights of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, KGW reported. He issued his opinion on Wednesday.See the Story
Oregon city can't limit church's homeless meal services, federal judge rules
66% Center coverage: 12 sources
Oregon Politics · CaliforniaThe Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will not lose any of its acreage after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to its expansion.See the Story
National monument on California-Oregon border will remain intact after surviving legal challenge
47% Left coverage: 15 sources
Republican Party · OregonNational Democrats are hoping to avert another embarrassment in a key Oregon House district that flipped red in the midterms. The House Democrats’ national campaign arm has thrown its weight behind state Rep. Janelle Bynum (D), frustrating her 2024 primary rival, Jamie McLeod-Skinner — the 2022 Democratic nominee who lost to Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. In 2022, McLeod-Skinner defeated then-Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) in the primary, despite the incumbent’s notable backing from President Biden, but she lost the close general by two points as Republicans took control of the U.S. House.See the Story
Democrats look to avert another embarrassment in Oregon House race
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Oregon Politics · SalemTwo Republican state senators in Oregon are seeking statewide office after being barred from reelection for staging a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun control.See the Story
Oregon GOP senators barred from reelection over walkout seek statewide office instead
55% Left coverage: 11 sources
Black Lives Matter · PortlandA police officer in Portland, Oregon, has been accused in a federal lawsuit of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in 2022. According to the complaint, the officer shot Immanueal Clark in the back as he ran away. The officer was one of several responding to an attempted armed robbery call. See the Story
Lawsuit accuses Portland police officer of fatally shooting unarmed Black man in the back
75% Center coverage: 8 sources