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Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan is now in charge of the Housing Bureau. He is also the commissioner in charge of the city and county's Joint Office of Homeless Services. Ryan talks with us about his vision for tackling some of the most entrenched problems facing Portlanders, especially those who are experiencing homelessness.

An Oregon law that went into effect in 2020 halted the practice of automatically suspending driver’s licenses for people who fail to pay traffic fines on time. One town is taking that a step further.

The Oregon Health Authority has confirmed multiple cases of the coronavirus strain that originated in the U.K. Other variants which originated in Brazil, South Africa and California are expected to land in Oregon as well. Scientists are hard at work sequencing the virus’s genome in order to provide data to help with treatment and vaccination.

Marin County will allow people 65 and older to receive the coronavirus vaccine beginning next week.

In Multnomah County, health workers and volunteers are going door-to-door vaccinating eligible people at their homes, including homebound seniors who would have a challenging time getting to an outside vaccination site. Dr. Ann Loeffler, a deputy health officer for Multnomah County, joins us to tell us more about the program and how it's been going.

College students and recent grads: What tips would you give to other students footing the bill for college?

In July, Portland-based dinner collective Black Feast started regularly distributing free desserts, care packages and love letters to Black Portlanders through a project called "Love Letters to Black Folks".

This week we’re talking with voters in Washington and Clackamas counties before Election Day. They share their perspectives and how they’re voting on a variety of issues ahead of the election. Sara Koppy is a senior at Southridge High School in Beaverton. She joins us to talk about her experience voting for the first time as a Democrat.

The Oregon Health Authority has developed a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and submitted it to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The plan involves prioritizing distribution to those in health care and other essential workers. In addition, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and California have all agreed to independently review vaccines before distributing them to the public.

Union leaders have been working with Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Authority to draft a new set of COVID-19 workplace protection standards. The standards will be implemented by Nov. 1.