Women face homelessness as services favor men in Pacific Northwest
Jessie, daughter of a victim, recalls domestic violence linked to homelessness amid a Lee Enterprises survey of 150 shelters in the Pacific Northwest. The report finds 67 percent of women say violence caused homelessness, 49 percent cite it as their current situation, while Multnomah County beds show fewer than 7.6 percent only for women.
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Jessie
Lee Enterprises Public Service
Pacific Northwest
Salem
Oregon
Albany
Corvallis
National Alliance To
Lee Enterprises
Ashley Ann Crook
Raphael House
Portland
America
Multnomah County
Senator Ellsworth pressed to hide contract details from view
Emails reveal state Senator Ellsworth moved to secure two contracts to keep a $170,100 deal with Bryce Eggleston’s Agile Analytics out of public sight. The arrangement, funded from leftover committee money, aimed to analyze bills from the reform agenda as Eggleston’s company, formed just weeks earlier, received no prior qualifications for the work.
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Seaborn Larson
Victoria Eavis
Jason Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Bryce Eggleston
Legislative Services Division
Department of Administration
Eggleston
Agile Analytics
Montana
Senate
Montana voters back abortion rights face court showdown
Voters backed abortion rights in Montana and elected a new chief justice Cory Swanson, a conservative-leaning judge sworn in January. The state Supreme Court will decide how far protections extend as it reconciles voter protections with existing and future state laws. Similar dynamics appear in other states as courts shape the fate of abortion policy.
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Montana
Montana Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Cory Swanson
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