PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: The video above aired before the Supreme Court released its ruling in Johnson v. Grants Pass. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling Friday morning ...

In Grants Pass, the Oregon city that launched the Supreme Court case that reshaped how communities can approach homelessness, city councilors voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate four spots ...

Disability Rights Oregon filed a lawsuit last Thursday to stop Grants Pass from closing one of two sanctioned homeless camps and restricting the hours of the other. Circuit Judge Brandon S.

In its 6-3 decision on Friday, the conservative majority upheld Grants Pass, Oregon’s ban on camping, finding laws that criminalize sleeping in public spaces do not violate the Eighth Amendment ...

Grants Pass may also be restricted by a new state law in Oregon that puts restraints on the power of cities to punish people for sleeping on public property. The ruling was met with a sharp ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reversed lower court rulings, finding that public camping restrictions issued by southern Oregon’s Grants Pass do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” ...

Grants Pass, a small city of about 40,000 along the Rogue River in the mountains of southern Oregon, has struggled for years to address the homelessness crisis and become emblematic of the ...

At the center of the case is Grants Pass, a city of roughly 40,000 in southern Oregon with ordinances that bar camping or sleeping on public property or in city parks. The city's rules define ...

that will impact homelessness policy across the West. It might have less impact in Grants Pass due to an Oregon state law that passed in 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ban on ...