Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I ...

The county sheriff’s office reports that the number of people in its jails has swelled since the state initiative seeking to ...

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. A tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved ...

In hindsight, Arispe admits the move was impulsive and that she should have saved up more money before leaving. “I had no ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have helped San Francisco and other cities expand their supply of drug-free housing for homeless people struggling with addiction. Carried by Assembly ...

Gov. Tina Kotek faces a steep challenge now the legislative session is done: making sure that hundreds of millions allocated for homelessness and drug addiction is used as intended. Oregon lawmakers ...

A former Goodwill thrift store now houses an urgent care clinic for people experiencing mental health breakdowns in public.

The number of unhoused women who delivered babies has surged in recent years. Caring for them requires empathy and collaboration, social service providers say.

Christine Greene hugs her cat Zippy while sitting outside the camper where she and her partner live east of Bend. (Photo by Joe Kline) Studies show that Oregon is among the nation’s worst in access to ...

The group was founded by Joe Lonsdale, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who backed Trump’s campaign for president in 2024.

Nearly half of Ontario’s planned Homelessness and Addictions Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs, including those in northeastern ...

Española's only homeless shelter won a temporary reprieve Tuesday night after city councilors delayed deciding whether to shut the facility down, voting instead during a long and crowded meeting to ...