Oregon officials celebrated the state’s 100th birthday in 1959 by adding the phrase “Pacific Wonderland” to license plates. It made a nostalgic comeback in 2009 when Oregon turned 150. The slogan ...

A prominent low-income housing developer took more than a year to fix potentially dangerous code violations at its Milepost 5 building, even after receiving millions in public funds to improve living ...

Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, local community networks are the first line of defense. Here’s what Oregon advocates say you should do if you see agents detaining someone. As ...

Police arrested a housed man accused of stabbing two homeless neighbors. Oregon sees the highest level of violent attacks on homeless people in the U.S., according to a 2024 report by the National ...

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 ...

The legislature cut funding for housing and homeless services, while establishing a statewide shelter system and expanding some tenant protections The number of Oregonians experiencing homelessness ...

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 ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

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 ...

Multnomah County Library’s newly renovated North Portland branch includes a Black Cultural Center decorated with art from local artists Sadé DuBoise, Melanie Stevens and Kayin Talton Davis. The Black ...