by Kelli Ballard | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles, Law, Opinion
Homelessness is a serious problem across the nation, and the question of how cities and states can legally deal with tent cities and other encampments has become a huge focus for local governments. On April 22, Supreme Court justices discussed the Grants Pass v....
by Kelli Ballard | Mar 6, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Oregon has been suffering from a growing homeless problem that is spilling into neighborhoods and causing havoc on residents. Tent cities continue to pop up and the displaced are moving into abandoned or vacant homes. While drug usage and crime surges among the...
by Kelli Ballard | Mar 2, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
As millions of migrants cross the border each year, the nation’s homeless population continues to grow. Lax progressive laws, little to no police presence, and a ridiculous cost of living all play a part in the transient boom. Overdose deaths, rampant crime, and fires...
by James Fite | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Gun Control, Opinion
Oregon’s new strict gun control law could withhold from citizens the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment. However, a temporary restraining order, courtesy Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Raschio, currently staves off that infringement. A slim majority...
by Sarah Cowgill | Dec 2, 2022 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
“I hold that tens of thousands, who are now barely holding on at the East, might thus place themselves on the high road to competence and ultimate independence at the West.” That was the sentiment of the popular editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley. But that...