Rebecca Ellis
Reporter | OPBRebecca Ellis is a reporter with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before joining OPB, Rebecca was a Kroc Fellow at NPR, filing stories for the National Desk in Washington D.C. and reporting from Salt Lake City. She grew up in New York City and graduated from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor鈥檚 in Urban Studies. She has spent past summers as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender鈥檚 office in the Bronx, and a reporter for a local weekly in Queens. Most recently, she interned with the Miami Herald, filing stories and learning to scuba dive.
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Anthropocene refers to the age of humans 鈥� the things we've done to Earth. Geologists just rejected a proposal to declare an official "Anthropocene epoch." But everyone agrees: Damage has been done. -
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is leading a lobbying effort to pressure the state to immediately fund temporary homeless shelters a week after announcing a planned crackdown on homeless camps near busy roadways. -
OHSU cut its original hospitalization forecast by more than half, based on reports that, while the omicron virus is leading to more COVID-19 infections, people are not getting as severely ill. -
With both the state and federal eviction moratorium expiring this summer, many are worried about the amount of rent tenants will start to owe their landlords. But a report released Monday looked at a different number: how much will the state need to spend if all these at-risk tenants are evicted? -
Oregon鈥檚 Eviction Moratorium Will Expire Next Week. Here鈥檚 What That Means For Tenants And LandlordsThe looming expiration has brought a host of new questions to the forefront as tenants and landlords contend with the deadline, and local agencies scramble to get millions of dollars in rent assistance out the door. -
Researchers at Portland State University say the state鈥檚 eviction moratorium could cost far more than the value of unpaid rent. -
Racial justice activists recall indiscriminate violence by federal officers: 鈥淚t鈥檚 just wild how different the response is.鈥� -
Jeremy Roberts, 40, is one of several people arrested in connection with protests during a special legislative session Dec. 21. -
During the statewide eviction moratorium, landlords cannot evict a tenant for not paying rent. Some tenant advocates say this has resulted in increased reports of tenant harassment. -
The city of Portland has joined Seattle and New York in a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the president鈥檚 threat to pull millions in federal funds from the three liberal-leaning cities he has deemed 鈥渁narchist jurisdictions.鈥� -
A federal appeals court has decided to maintain an injunction that allows journalists and legal observers to stay behind after federal officers order everyone to disperse at protests in Portland. -
The Trump Administration announced Monday that it has designated Portland as an 鈥渁narchist jurisdiction,鈥� threatening to cut potentially millions of dollars in federal funding that flow into the city.
