Lillian Mongeau Hughes
@lmonghughes.bsky.social
Homelessness and mental health reporter at The Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/topic/homelessness/index.html
Tips: [email protected] & 971-484-3150
Words are my jam.
Alum: Seattle Times, OPB, Hechinger Report, EdSource
Tips: [email protected] & 971-484-3150
Words are my jam.
Alum: Seattle Times, OPB, Hechinger Report, EdSource
ICYMI - Here's how the mayor is doing on homelessness: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Portland mayor set an ‘unrealistic goal’ for shelter beds – and is poised to hit it. Will it end unsheltered homelessness?
Nearly 7,500 people are living outside or in their vehicle in Multnomah County, the vast majority of them in Portland.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
ICYMI - Here's how the mayor is doing on homelessness: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
ICYMI: Portland is arresting people who are violating the city's camping ban AND have a warrant. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Portland police arrest 40, send 39 to shelters, in 1st week since city resumed enforcement of camping ban
Beginning Nov. 1, Portland police began more strictly enforcing the city’s camping ban at the direction of Mayor Keith Wilson.
www.oregonlive.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ICYMI: Portland is arresting people who are violating the city's camping ban AND have a warrant. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
This is one of the top five questions I am asked about homelessness in Portland. (Spoiler alert: They are mostly form here.)
Grateful to academic survey work by Portland State University and Welcome Home Coalition to help me provide an answer: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Grateful to academic survey work by Portland State University and Welcome Home Coalition to help me provide an answer: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Where are people who are homeless in Portland originally from? New data offers insights
The answer to the question about where people are from is not as simple as it sounds.
www.oregonlive.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is one of the top five questions I am asked about homelessness in Portland. (Spoiler alert: They are mostly form here.)
Grateful to academic survey work by Portland State University and Welcome Home Coalition to help me provide an answer: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Grateful to academic survey work by Portland State University and Welcome Home Coalition to help me provide an answer: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Lillian Mongeau Hughes
Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.
Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG
Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG
Well worth a read for anyone who loves Portland, warts and all. Here's a gift link - happy Friday! via @jrlsilverman.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
In a Portland under presidential provocation, civic pride makes a comeback
With national headlines celebrating the city's exportable brand of 'tactical whimsy,' Portland is shaking off its post-pandemic doldrums.
www.oregonlive.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Well worth a read for anyone who loves Portland, warts and all. Here's a gift link - happy Friday! via @jrlsilverman.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Portland announced 280 more "recovery-oriented" overnight-only beds today. And also this: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
911 calls triple after overnight only shelter opens in North Portland; neighbors despair
The vast majority – 90% – of the additional calls came from somebody at the shelter itself.
www.oregonlive.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Portland announced 280 more "recovery-oriented" overnight-only beds today. And also this: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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A “catastrophic” loss of funding is little over a week away for Head Start centers serving 2,500 children across Oklahoma.
via @oklahomavoice.com
via @oklahomavoice.com
Oklahoma Head Start centers face ‘dire’ funding loss from government shutdown
OKLAHOMA CITY — A “catastrophic” loss of funding is little over a week away for Head Start centers serving 2,500 children across Oklahoma.
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A “catastrophic” loss of funding is little over a week away for Head Start centers serving 2,500 children across Oklahoma.
via @oklahomavoice.com
via @oklahomavoice.com
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Appeals court, in 2 to 1 split, clears path for Trump to deploy Oregon National Guard in Portland
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Appeals court, in 2 to 1 split, clears path for Trump to deploy Oregon National Guard in Portland
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
This move tracks with what I’m seeing right here in Portland with how this administration treats the press. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules
After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out of the Pentagon rather than comply with its restrictive policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This move tracks with what I’m seeing right here in Portland with how this administration treats the press. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
In case you were wondering if what Trump is doing regarding media can be considered propaganda: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Trump administration doling out access to select right-wing media personalities equates to propaganda, experts say
“That is a hallmark of authoritarianism," said professor who has studied the effects of propaganda.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In case you were wondering if what Trump is doing regarding media can be considered propaganda: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.
Reposted by Lillian Mongeau Hughes
Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
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What's life really like here, according to Portlanders?
‘Hell hole’? ‘Burning’? ‘War-torn’? 11 Portlanders on what the city is really like
What's life really like here, according to Portlanders?
www.oregonlive.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What's life really like here, according to Portlanders?
“A lot of people just keep their eyes closed and keep walking” when they see a homeless person, she said. To see a huge space full of items donated for someone like her to get a fresh start, she said, “gives you hope.”
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
How secondhand home goods could help restore dignity for a Portlander in need
For more than two decades, this Northeast Portland nonprofit has been collecting donated items to help people furnish their homes.
www.oregonlive.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“A lot of people just keep their eyes closed and keep walking” when they see a homeless person, she said. To see a huge space full of items donated for someone like her to get a fresh start, she said, “gives you hope.”
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Feds grant ICE building access to conservative media, influencers, ignore local Portland press
Not all news organizations have been granted the same access to the ICE facility and the people who work there.
www.oregonlive.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Lillian Mongeau Hughes
“It appears the federal government is engaging in prohibited viewpoint discrimination by targeting demonstrators based on the content of their speech, while favoring those with whom the federal government agrees,” he wrote.
Portland’s top attorney lambasted the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Monday, in a letter accusing the department of turning a blind eye to federal officers’ heavy-handed response to protests.
Portland accuses federal officers of violating demonstrators’ constitutional rights
Portland’s top attorney lambasted the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Monday, in a letter accusing the department of turning a blind eye to federal officers’ heavy-handed response to protests.
www.opb.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“It appears the federal government is engaging in prohibited viewpoint discrimination by targeting demonstrators based on the content of their speech, while favoring those with whom the federal government agrees,” he wrote.
THere's been a lot of news since Thursday, but ICYMI: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
24 hours outside Portland’s ICE facility: Is this what ‘lawless mayhem’ looks like?
President Trump said conditions continue to deteriorate. Here’s what the newsroom saw.
www.oregonlive.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
THere's been a lot of news since Thursday, but ICYMI: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Right, so I know there's a lot going on out there, but if you can look away from the "mayhem" for a moment, Portland, you'll want to read this one: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Trump policy change could put formerly homeless Portlanders ‘back out on the street,’ officials warn
The potential policy change would slash the federal housing assistance that can be used for permanent housing.
www.oregonlive.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Right, so I know there's a lot going on out there, but if you can look away from the "mayhem" for a moment, Portland, you'll want to read this one: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Props to @alexzee.bsky.social for capturing an inside view of one of the mayor's Salvation Army-run overnight-only shelters. This is a carefully and sensitively written story placed firmly in the context of Mayor Wilson's overarching homelessness policy. Read to the end. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Behind the doors of Portland’s plan to end unsheltered homelessness
Before Wilson’s tenure, publicly-funded, nighttime-only shelters were rare in Portland – only occasionally used during weather emergencies. Now a cornerstone of the city’s homelessness plan, it’s wort...
www.opb.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Props to @alexzee.bsky.social for capturing an inside view of one of the mayor's Salvation Army-run overnight-only shelters. This is a carefully and sensitively written story placed firmly in the context of Mayor Wilson's overarching homelessness policy. Read to the end. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Reposted by Lillian Mongeau Hughes
Took a little drive today past the ICE building to get a sense of where we Portlanders are on the war-ravaged spectrum, and there was just one guy blowing bubbles and some journalists.
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Took a little drive today past the ICE building to get a sense of where we Portlanders are on the war-ravaged spectrum, and there was just one guy blowing bubbles and some journalists.
Well, this move by the Trump administration would likely make homelessness worse in Portland (and the rest of Oregon). Will be paying attention to how it trickles down in the tri-county area...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump admin looks at deep cuts to homeless housing program
A new policy change will significantly cut funding used to place people experiencing homelessness in permanent housing.
www.politico.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well, this move by the Trump administration would likely make homelessness worse in Portland (and the rest of Oregon). Will be paying attention to how it trickles down in the tri-county area...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
White House: “The Radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now, with President Donald J. Trump mobilizing federal resources to stop Antifa-led hellfire in its tracks.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
President Trump likens what’s happening in Portland to World War II, calling city ‘a nightmare’
“The Radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now," the White House announced.
www.oregonlive.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
White House: “The Radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now, with President Donald J. Trump mobilizing federal resources to stop Antifa-led hellfire in its tracks.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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The Oregon National Guard said it has begun the process of mobilizing guard members with law enforcement experience to comply with President Donald Trump’s deployment order for 200 troops in Portland, but it could be next week before there are actual boots on the ground.
At least 166 Oregon National Guard members have volunteered for Trump deployment
Lt. Col. Stephen Bomar, director of public affairs for the Oregon Military Department, said Thursday is the absolute earliest the guard could arrive in Portland – but he wouldn’t bet on that.
www.opb.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The Oregon National Guard said it has begun the process of mobilizing guard members with law enforcement experience to comply with President Donald Trump’s deployment order for 200 troops in Portland, but it could be next week before there are actual boots on the ground.