Lucas Hellberg

1 month ago | dailyemerald.com | Mathias Lehman-Winters |Lucas Hellberg

The City of Eugene’s Youth Empowerment Program has gained traction over the past year with growing teen participation and programs that now include a waitlist. But despite its successes, the program’s long-term financial outlook remains uncertain. City officials say YEP is safe from $11.5 million in annual general fund budget cuts in City Manager Sarah...

Mar 10, 2025 | dailyemerald.com | Joseph Chiu |Lucas Hellberg

As of mid-December 2024, Oregon’s state courts have cleared roughly 47,000 residential evictions thanks to a law that state lawmakers passed two years ago. The law, passed under House Bill 2001 in 2023, requires state courts to set aside or seal past residential evictions that meet specific criteria. Under the law, evictions that meet the criteria will no longer appear on a person’s publicly available record.