The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, a dispute over the constitutionality of ordinances that bar people who are homeless from camping on city streets.

The designated resting site on 7th Street in downtown Grants Pass is back open after closing for repaving last week. As NBC5 News previously reported, the uneven terrain at the approved tent site next ...

Lawyers with the Oregon Law Center argued that Grants Pass had made it “physically ... and record levels of drug overdoses and deaths on public streets” that characterize the region’s ...

Grants Pass. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long ... But anyone expecting an immediate change on the streets of Oregon cities will likely need to temper their expectations. In 2018, a panel ...

Disability Rights Oregon contends that the closure ... the time allowed for camping at the Seventh Street camp to overnight hours. Grants Pass interim city attorney Mark Bartholomew cautioned ...

Johnson, the lawyer who represented those who challenged the Grants Pass laws, said Oregon’s relatively recent ... others who live on the city’s streets. She said people locally have ...

Grants Pass case Friday morning ... In Oregon, people may not see an immediate change on the streets. Oregon has a state law, House Bill 3115, that says local government can enact time, place ...

The Grants Pass v. Johnson has the chance to impact ... Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington — street living has soared since the Martin ruling was issued in 2018: up 51% in Alaska, 46% ...

Library lovers hit the streets for a rally ... we supposed to think?” Grants Pass, a town of 40,000 wedged between Interstate ...

It’s past time for us to declare as a nation that our people are not disposable. Cori Bush and Stephanie Sena On April 22, 2024, tens of thousands of people marched on city streets nationwide ...

The Supreme Court is currently grappling with the question of to whom the streets belong. The Oregon city of Grants Pass has asked the court if it has the right to ban people from sleeping in ...