Tag: Boise (Idaho)

Supreme Court Appears to Side With Oregon City in Homelessness Case

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared inclined on Monday to uphold a series of local ordinances that allowed a small Oregon city to ban homeless people from sleeping or camping in public spaces. The justices seemed split along ideological lines in the case, which has sweeping implications for how the country deals with a […]

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The Town at the Center of a Supreme Court Battle Over Homelessness

Inside a warming shelter, Laura Gutowski detailed how her life had changed since she became homeless two and a half years ago in Grants Pass, a former timber hub in the foothills of southern Oregon. Her husband’s death left her without steady income. She lived in a sedan, and then in a tent, in sight […]

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