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Grants Pass becomes the focus of a national problem

Tents in Fruitdale Park in Grants Pass in May 2024.
Jane Vaughan
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JPR News
Tents in Fruitdale Park in Grants Pass in May 2024.

This entry consists of five stories:

* 5 things to know about the Grants Pass homelessness case before the US Supreme Court

* U.S. Supreme Court debates whether Grants Pass laws criminalize homelessness

* Grants Pass designates four sites for homeless campers

* After Supreme Court decision, Grants Pass struggles to make long-term plan for homelessness

* Disability rights group slams Grants Pass's treatment of disabled homeless people

Jane Vaughan is a regional reporter for ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½. Jane began her journalism career as a reporter for a community newspaper in Portland, Maine. She's been a producer at New Hampshire Public Radio and worked on WNYC's On The Media.
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