Inspired by the “Miami model” in Florida — where Miami-Dade County has been diverting nonviolent people with mental illness away from jails and into mental health facilities — Utah state, city and county leaders are taking the next steps to put a plan into action. The mastermind behind the “Miami model,” former Judge Steven Leifman, sat […]
Roy Reid allegedly admitted to spending the past two years visiting Billings to coerce some of the most vulnerable women in the city into sex.
(The Center Square) – A law passed in 2023 that sought to consolidate applications for California’s affordable housing developers received scrutiny from lawmakers on Tuesday, who looked at how effective the law has been in its first two years.
MISSOULA, Mont. — Tywon Pugh has seizures that make it hard to find and keep a job. “They called me a ‘liability to the job site,’” Pugh said, recalling the words of his manager when a seizure cost him his last job at a fast-food restaurant in this western Montana city. When the 46-year-old lost […]
(The Center Square) – Tuesday marks one year since President Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day” in Washington, D.C., leading to the deployment of the National Guard and the beautification of the nation’s capital.
LEXINGTON — Kentucky is still not building nearly enough homes across all incomes, but especially for lower-income people, to bridge the state’s large housing supply gap that’s burdening some Kentuckians with severe housing costs, according to a state housing executive. Kentucky would need to build more housing at a higher rate that currently just to […]
BOZEMAN, Mont. — New numbers from the Human Resource Development Council showed a drop in homelessness in Bozeman as local leaders point to expanded services, shelter space and affordable housing efforts.
(The Center Square) - Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced continued partnerships with the Southern California cities of San Diego, San Bernardino and Ontario to address homeless encampments along state highways.
On the afternoon of June 22, Neil “Lee” Spring was sitting in Rhodes Skate Park with a friend when officers from the Boise Police Department approached him. “We’re going to give you a ticket for sitting here everyday,” Spring said officers told him. He was issued a $10 citation for camping on public property — […]
Advocates and service providers for the homeless worry a new Louisiana law that criminalizes unauthorized sleeping outdoors will make it even harder for people who struggle to find permanent housing.
