Police officers and other first responders sometimes lack good options when they encounter people with substance abuse problems or mental health disorders. This month, the White House introduced a ...

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office will pursue charges against people caught with drugs who ...

A state grant-making committee voted Thursday against fully funding Clackamas County’s drug deflection program, saying that the program did not meet its standards. “It’s completely unexpected,” ...

Although the pilot is starting small, county officials hope the center can be expanded on site and replicated across the ...

Twenty of the 23 Oregon counties who committed to being early adopters of the state's new deflection program to assist individuals with substance use disorders and provide an “off-ramp” to avoid ...

State officials have reversed course and voted to fully fund a Clackamas County initiative meant to offer people drug treatment, outside the criminal justice system. Less than two weeks ago, the same ...

Multnomah County commissioners were less than dazzled by the performance of the county’s drug deflection center during its first year of operation, which ended Aug. 31.

Multnomah County's drug deflection program has been struggling, but deflection programs in the Eugene area have seen relative ...

Model Law: The New York Fashion Workers Act A discussion of The New York State Fashion Workers Act (Senate Bill S.2477D/ Assembly Bill A.5631D), a proposed pro-labor bill that will regulate model ...