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Catalyst Journalism Project Archive

The Broken System

Lane County ships the homeless and mentally ill to the state hospital without a trial

News 6 years ago

On a chilly October night last year, 59-year-old Douglas Saxe rampaged through his supported living apartment complex. He flooded floors, broke power meters and stole … Continue reading →

A City in Need of a Solution

News 6 years ago

On any given day, more than 1,600 people wander Eugene without a permanent place to live. The ongoing crisis of homelessness here has tested city … Continue reading →

Seeking Accountability

City officials respond to the facts about Eugene’s Community Court

News 6 years ago

By Morgan Theophil and Taylor Perse The city of Eugene’s leaders have been stonily silent since Eugene Weekly first reported on the track record of … Continue reading →

Unequal Penalties

Local schools suspend and expel special education students at twice the rate of their peers. One district is trying to change that.

News 6 years ago

By Brandon Taylor and Asia Zeller In 2014, Frieda Bikele could count on getting a routine phone call from the Eugene School District 4J’s Camas … Continue reading →

An Unsuccessful Solution

City officials claim Community Court has brought about big changes in the way Eugene treats the homeless. The court's own numbers tell a very different story.

News 6 years ago

By Taylor Perse and Morgan Theophil Two years ago the city of Eugene, with much fanfare, announced it would do more to help the homeless … Continue reading →

Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity

HIV Alliance and Trans*Ponder provide clean needles to people who inject hormones

News 6 years ago

On the last Wednesday of every month, in the back corner of Falling Sky Pour House and Delicatessen in Eugene, members of Trans*Ponder — an … Continue reading →

Enterprise Zone Update

Councilor Betty Taylor is a critic of enterprise zones

BlogNews 7 years ago

For a Nov. 21 article, following up on EW’s investigation into enterprise zones, “Big Corporate Handouts with Little Oversight,” EW reached out to members of … Continue reading →

Zones of Silence

Local officials still won’t discuss poor oversight of enterprise zones

News 7 years ago

Money talks, or so the saying goes. But when asked about the lack of oversight in Lane County’s economic development incentive known as an enterprise … Continue reading →

Big Corporate Handouts with Little Oversight

Enterprise zones give nearly unsupervised tax breaks to Lane County businesses

News 7 years ago

In 2009, Seneca Sustainable Energy went looking for a handout from Lane County taxpayers. The company promised to build a cogeneration facility near Eugene Airport … Continue reading →

Rod Adams’ Crime: Homelessness

‘You’re asking somebody to agree to something that feels like a human rights violation.’

News 8 years ago

On Dec. 20, a small crowd of supporters once again followed Rod Adams to the Eugene Municipal Court as he faced sentencing for criminal trespass … Continue reading →

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