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A vehicle at left drives down Rogue River Highway as light shines on the area Saturday, March 23, 2024, in Grants Pass, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press
Sat,04/13/24-11:13PM , 223 Reads
GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town's hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as though nothing had happened.
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The Plaid Pantry convenience store that sold a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, is seen in Portland, Ore., on Monday, April 8, 2024. The odds of winning a Powerball drawing are 1 in 292 million. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)

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Person comes forward to claim $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press
Mon,04/08/24-7:42PM , 170 Reads
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize, Oregon officials said.
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Frank, a homeless man, sits in his tent with a river view, June 5, 2021, in Portland, Ore. Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide has reached record highs. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein, File)

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Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court
By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press
Tue,03/05/24-5:31PM , 145 Reads
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S.
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Homes are seen on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in the southwest Portland, Ore., suburb of Beaverton. The so-called urban growth boundary, established by a 1973 law that placed boundaries around cities to prevent urban sprawl and preserve nature and farmland, is seen in the background along SW Tile Flat Road. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it
By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-11:01PM , 238 Reads
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture.
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