Oregon Law Center
Homeless people in Grants Pass can’t be cited, arrested or prosecuted for camping during the next two weeks. A Josephine County judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday in a lawsuit against the city over its treatment of homeless people.
Disability Rights Oregon
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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. -
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. -
The Opportunities for Housing, Resources and Assistance (OHRA) services thousands of the most vulnerable people in the Ashland, Oregon area each year. -
New therapists in private practice will no longer be able to bill Oregon’s largest Medicaid providerOregon’s largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, is making a policy change that some therapists say could reduce mental health services to low-income people. -
The district recently held a series of community listening sessions to inform residents and gather feedback on how to address the problem.
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For the last 12 years, people who commit three or more crimes in Ashland’s downtown can be banned from the area for up to a year. The city is considering another district where that law may soon apply. -
Dan Cano is now the executive director of Opportunities for Housing, Resources, and Assistance, known as OHRA.
