Here’s who benefits from rent assistance paid for with the Portland area homeless services tax

New data reveals domestic violence survivors are also regular beneficiaries of locally funded rent assistance.

Oregon urges SNAP recipients to seek employment and training services as rules expand

To help people meet the requirements and stay eligible, the state is connecting SNAP participants with free employment and training services through WorkSource Oregon, which operates 37 centers ...
KTVZ

Oregonians face new work rules to keep SNAP benefits, urged to connect with WorkSource Oregon

Recent federal changes require more Oregonians receiving SNAP food benefits to meet work or training requirements to maintain their eligibility. The Oregon Department of Human Services and the Oregon ...
Bend Source

Lawmakers Consider Raising Retirement Benefits for Some Public Safety Workers

In 2024, Gov. Tina Kotek asked lawmakers for a “moratorium on any substantive benefit changes to PERS for the foreseeable future.” Credit: Brian Brose Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades ...
Oregonian

Judge restricts warrantless ICE arrests in Oregon, finding threat of ‘severe harm’

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring federal immigration officers from making warrantless arrests without finding that a person represents a risk of escaping or fleeing ...
Oregonian

Oregon’s unemployed outnumber job openings by 2 to 1

The number of open jobs in Oregon declined last fall to the lowest number in more than five years, another discouraging signal from the state’s declining labor market. Oregon employers had just 46,000 ...
Statesman Journal

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek among most unpopular governors. See ranking

Only five U.S. governors are more unpopular than Gov. Tina Kotek, according to new polling from Morning Consult. Morning Consult's survey results from October to December 2025 say 48% of Oregonians ...
OPB

Criminal charges must be dismissed if defendant can’t get a lawyer, Oregon Supreme Court rules

Oregonians charged with crimes who cannot get timely legal representation from the state must have their cases dismissed, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a unanimous decision, the court ...
Statesman Journal

31 Oregon mayors, Kotek demand 'immediate halt' to immigration actions

Gov. Tina Kotek and 31 Oregon mayors sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan on Feb. 5 demanding an "immediate halt" to federal immigration ...
OPB

Gov. Tina Kotek, 31 Oregon mayors call for ICE to halt immigration enforcement actions immediately

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the mayors of 31 cities sent a letter to Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan, criticizing ICE tactics and citing use-of-force incidents in ...
Fox News

Federal judge rules against DHS on warrantless immigration arrests in Oregon

A federal judge on Wednesday barred the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from carrying out warrantless immigration arrests in Oregon without individualized assessments of flight risk, finding ...