PORTLAND, Ore. — A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Oregon.

The Multnomah Board of Commissioners and the Portland City Council gathered for a joint meeting on Oct. 8 to discuss whether ...

The Oregon Department of Human Services launched its Direct Cash Transfer Plus Pilot in February 2022. The program targets homeless people between ... home to Portland. Initial payments for ...

Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved ...

Many of the city and county leaders’ longstanding disagreements boil down to which agency is responsible for which task.

The article discusses how Bridging Connections assists people with behavioral health issues facing homelessness by providing ...

Portland officials are mulling a proposal to ban daytime homeless camps in most public spaces as the West Coast city struggles to get a handle on the ballooning number of people living on the streets.

The Marie Equi Center, named for the famous doctor and women’s rights activist, opened Tuesday, offering wound care, connection to health services and eventually showers for low-income and homeless ...

KGW and The Oregonian hosted Rene Gonzalez, Carmen Rubio, Keith Wilson, Mingus Mapps and Liv Osthus in a live in-studio debate Tuesday night.

Wilson, 60, runs Titan Freight Systems, a 70-employee trucking company. He’s championed green energy not only in rhetoric, but also in action: Titan is the first trucking company in Oregon with an ...

People for Portland also partially accredits itself for the overturning of Measure 110, the drug decriminalization law that took effect for about three years before Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek reversed it.