Jane Vaughan
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JPR
It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Grants Pass’s ban against homeless people camping in public. The ruling reverberated across the U.S., freeing cities to crack down on homeless encampments. But in Grants Pass, the city still can’t clear all its homeless camps.
Alex Lockhart
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Wikimedia Commons
Roman Battaglia
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Jefferson Public Radio
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The non-profit group Disability Rights Oregon and five disabled homeless residents have sued the city of Grants Pass claiming new camping restrictions violate state laws. -
A statewide walkout of Providence health care workers continues with little progress on negotiations. -
Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago. -
We speak with Erin Martin-Fournier, Director of Advocacy at Community Works, about how to identify and prevent human trafficking. -
The federal government has approved a new casino for the Coquille Indian Tribe in Medford. That comes after over a decade of pushback from state and local officials, as well as other tribes in the region. -
Oregon’s Providence hospitals and nearly 5,000 of its workers have yet to agree on terms to bump wages and address staffing shortages. -
Central Point, Oregon is a growing city with a plan for the future. Stephanie Powers is Director of Planning and joins the Exchange. -
Providence hospital staff gave a 10-day notice for the largest strike of health care workers in Oregon’s history. The walkout includes nurses in the Rogue Valley. -
After over a decade of legal wrangling, a proposed new casino in Medford run by the Coquille Indian Tribe is close to federal approval. Tribes opposed to the project aren’t done fighting.
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Oregon has sued the companies that allegedly botched construction of homes for Jackson County wildfire survivors. -
Despite nationwide overdose deaths dropping in 2023 — the first decrease in over five years — deaths in Oregon rose. -
Facing a daunting budget shortfall, the district received a donation of $890,000.
