President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that encourages the use of involuntary civil commitment to address homelessness across the United States. The directive calls for the ...

A state work group studying how Oregon civilly commits people experiencing serious mental illness gave 51 recommendations to lawmakers to consider for the 2025 legislative session. The recommendations ...

In July 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order vowing to end "crime and disorder on America's streets" caused, the administration asserted, by the record number of homeless people, ...

On July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14321, titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” (“the E.O.”). Although the E.O. has a number of elements, the one most ...

On July 24, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to eliminate endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks on the streets of our cities by shifting ...

Multnomah County deputies’ decision to pull security services from the Unity Center has forced the sensitive hearings to go virtual. Multnomah County deputies recently stopped providing security at ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — It’s a problem plaguing New Mexico, leading to frustrations for prosecutors and lawmakers, and heartbreak for families and the community. Now lawmakers are making another run at ...

The recommendations, backed by the group representing several state agencies and nonprofits, aim to make the process more accessible, more effective and more equitable. One of the group’s members, the ...