Jake Thomas
@voiceofjakethomas.bsky.social
Contract reporter for Street Roots and United Press International. Generally against acronyms. Huge thumbs. Way serious. It's true; I seen it.
Why did it take so long to fix 25 city violations at Milepost 5 after the company in charge received millions in public subsidies? @streetroots.bsky.social www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
At Portland’s Milepost 5, safety and health violations lingered, records show
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November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Why did it take so long to fix 25 city violations at Milepost 5 after the company in charge received millions in public subsidies? @streetroots.bsky.social www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
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🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: County motel shelters successful but lacking support, Milepost 5 safety and health code violations, homelessness in Corvallis and more.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: County motel shelters successful but lacking support, Milepost 5 safety and health code violations, homelessness in Corvallis and more.
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Can confirm
Yes, and I’ll add: I think non-journalists would be shocked by how hard it can be to contact government media folks. The people who are paid by tax $ to provide info to the public often make themselves almost invisible. (To say nothing of the stonewall you may run into when you *do* reach them.)
One of the things that has made journalism much harder in the past decade is that more and more organisations list absolutely no contact details for anyone on their websites. I assume this is to block spam, but like, how are we meant to reach people? Bring back paper phonebacks?
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Can confirm
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) is the state’s first farmworkers union, established in 1985. Its historic work continues to focus on championing Oregon farmworkers’ rights amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Oregon farmworkers union fights an old battle against new foes during Trump administration
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste is the state’s first farmworkers union, its work continues to focus on championing farmworkers rights
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) is the state’s first farmworkers union, established in 1985. Its historic work continues to focus on championing Oregon farmworkers’ rights amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
“It was the glue to the pieces I was picking up.” Oregon joins experiment in giving homeless youths cash with no strings attached www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“It was the glue to the pieces I was picking up.” Oregon joins experiment in giving homeless youths cash with no strings attached www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
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This photo of leaves in the NE 7th Avenue bike lane sent to me just now by a reader is bonkers. It's a perfect illustration of why the common practice of workers blowing leaves from sidewalks (and yards) into bike lanes is totally uncool and unsafe.
No easy solution to this issue!
No easy solution to this issue!
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This photo of leaves in the NE 7th Avenue bike lane sent to me just now by a reader is bonkers. It's a perfect illustration of why the common practice of workers blowing leaves from sidewalks (and yards) into bike lanes is totally uncool and unsafe.
No easy solution to this issue!
No easy solution to this issue!
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🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Oregon program experiments with direct cash payments to assist homeless youth, the history and current fight of an Oregon farmworkers union and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Oregon program experiments with direct cash payments to assist homeless youth, the history and current fight of an Oregon farmworkers union and more.
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Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
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November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
@jeremiahhayden.bsky.social sat through this long-ass meeting and wrote you an article about how a routine budget procedure revealed a sharp divide on the city's approach to removal of homeless encampments www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/11...
Portland Budget Tweak Causes Heated Discussion on Homelessness
City Council found themselves in a tense standoff with Mayor Keith Wilson and angry Portland residents over a councilor’s failed plan to reallocate a portion of city dollars that have been used to swe...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@jeremiahhayden.bsky.social sat through this long-ass meeting and wrote you an article about how a routine budget procedure revealed a sharp divide on the city's approach to removal of homeless encampments www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/11...
It's true; I seen it. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Portland council resurrects proposal to ban rent-setting algorithms
To the Portland City Council, the core issue with the proposed rent-algorithm ban is whether it will deter developers from building new housing.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's true; I seen it. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
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🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Detrimental impacts of Portland's 'camping' ban, Oregonians looking for solutions amid hunger crisis, Eugene's unaffordable 'affordable' housing problem and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Detrimental impacts of Portland's 'camping' ban, Oregonians looking for solutions amid hunger crisis, Eugene's unaffordable 'affordable' housing problem and more.
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As the city begins to cite and arrest people for living outside, those working with homeless Portlanders say the ban only makes life harder for people living outside.
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Advocates speak out on the detrimental impacts of Portland's ‘camping’ ban
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November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As the city begins to cite and arrest people for living outside, those working with homeless Portlanders say the ban only makes life harder for people living outside.
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
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A state board in Oregon attempting to regulate drug prices has yet to designate specific drugs that pose affordability problems, a potential first step toward regulation. The drug supply chain's opaqueness and complexity have been obstacles, as well as a quirk in state public meeting law.
Oregon board tasked with watchdogging drug prices leaves central goal unfinished
The board has yet to designate specific drugs that pose affordability problems, a potential first step toward regulation. The drug supply chain's opaqueness and complexity have been obstacles, as well as a quirk in state public meeting law
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November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A state board in Oregon attempting to regulate drug prices has yet to designate specific drugs that pose affordability problems, a potential first step toward regulation. The drug supply chain's opaqueness and complexity have been obstacles, as well as a quirk in state public meeting law.
#Oregon board tasked with watchdogging drug prices leaves central goal unfinished. The supply chain for #prescriptiondrugs is opaque and complex. That's been an obstacle as well as a quirk in state public meeting law meant to ensure press access. #orpol www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
Oregon board tasked with watchdogging drug prices leaves central goal unfinished
Oregon drug affordability board lagging on primary goal
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November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
#Oregon board tasked with watchdogging drug prices leaves central goal unfinished. The supply chain for #prescriptiondrugs is opaque and complex. That's been an obstacle as well as a quirk in state public meeting law meant to ensure press access. #orpol www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...
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Street Roots spoke with veterans and service members skeptical of President Trump's desire to deploy National Guard troops to Portland. Read what they had to say.
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Armed troops against unarmed protesters? These Oregon soldiers say they didn’t sign up for that.
Some veterans and service members are skeptical of President Trump's mission to deploy National Guard troops to Portland
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November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Street Roots spoke with veterans and service members skeptical of President Trump's desire to deploy National Guard troops to Portland. Read what they had to say.
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...
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#Oregon lawmakers had high hopes for addressing the high cost of medications when they set up the prescription drug affordability board. But the board hasn't done much and a quirk in Oregon's meetings law is complicating one of its central tasks. Read more at @streetroots.bsky.social #orpol
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#Oregon lawmakers had high hopes for addressing the high cost of medications when they set up the prescription drug affordability board. But the board hasn't done much and a quirk in Oregon's meetings law is complicating one of its central tasks. Read more at @streetroots.bsky.social #orpol
Once again, I am asking if we can just have phones with a headphone jack.
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Once again, I am asking if we can just have phones with a headphone jack.
Portland's proposed ban on high-tech property management software blamed for driving up rents is back after fear of lawsuits sent it back to committee. Landlords/other biz interests are still not happy, hint at lawsuits. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...
Portland ban on AI software used by landlords headed back to vote
Critics say landlords use the software to fix rent prices and withhold available homes during a housing crisis
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October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Portland's proposed ban on high-tech property management software blamed for driving up rents is back after fear of lawsuits sent it back to committee. Landlords/other biz interests are still not happy, hint at lawsuits. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...
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🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: No Kings protests in Oregon, Friends of Trees' funding limbo, Portland's anti-price fixing ordinance back to vote and more.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: No Kings protests in Oregon, Friends of Trees' funding limbo, Portland's anti-price fixing ordinance back to vote and more.
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On Sunday, an ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride drew in thousands of participants in protest of ICE, the ongoing harm to immigrant and Indigenous communities and the looming threat of the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland.
‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride held in response to possibility of National Guard troops in Portland
Participants rode to the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility encountering federal agents
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October 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
On Sunday, an ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride drew in thousands of participants in protest of ICE, the ongoing harm to immigrant and Indigenous communities and the looming threat of the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland.
lots of creative banning in Berkley
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
lots of creative banning in Berkley
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So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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“Most recently, the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," Johnson said. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’
"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Most recently, the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," Johnson said. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...