The initiatives, which put the chronically homeless straight into stable housing, is not really available outside of Portland.

The Supreme Court has played a historic role in ending discrimination against gay people, most recently in a 2015 ruling that the Constitution required civil marriage to be available to same-sex couples. The question is whether the court’s conservative majority, including two justices appointed by President Donald Trump, will tarnish that record by taking a […]

As the Legislature debates a single-use plastic bag ban, they should consider carbon emissions as well.

  At any other time in modern history, investigative findings that a foreign power had meddled in our elections and helped elect our president would alarm the nation. And evidence that the president had tried to undermine that investigation would be shocking. But Donald Trump has lowered the bar for acceptable presidential behavior to an […]

Crime lab and computer unit employees are an essential part of the law enforcement process, and they should be treated that way.