Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit against the City of Grants Pass this morning, saying the city's recent closure of two homeless encampments is putting unhoused people with disabilities at risk.

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.

Disability Rights Oregon along with the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday against Grants Pass, attempting to stop the city from closing the J Street resting site. According to a joint press release from the two organizations,

Two advocacy groups and five homeless people sued Grants Pass on Thursday in a bid to force the southern Oregon city to change its restrictions on homeless camping that put people with disabilities and others in peril.

Two law firms, Disability Rights Oregon and Oregon Law Center, say the city of Grants Pass is forcing unhoused residents to live in life-threatening conditions.

On Friday morning, homeless residents dragged tarps and carried piles on their backs, heaping their belongings just outside the fence. They were given until 9 a.m. to get their possessions off the city-owned site.

With overnight temperatures forecasted to hold out above freezing in Grants Pass this weekend, one of the few resources available to the unhoused may have to close its doors overnight. The Mobile Integrative Navigation Team or MINT severe weather shelter has seen a significant increase in the number of people passing

Lawmakers are also expected to pass ... grants citizenship to children born in the U.S., regardless of their parents' status. Attorneys general across the country, including in Oregon, have ...

WASHINGTON – Students across the country expressed relief Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Education confirmed direct student loans and Pell Grants won’t be stopped amid a broad federal ...

Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, posted on ... Association of County and City Health Officials, CEO Lori Tremmel Freeman said. “These are not just grants for research or things that can ...

The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is offering grants for those looking to restore and protect the state's historic cemeteries. These grants are open to a varied range of preservation ...