June 2025 - Page 3

By JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers’ latest attempt to prop up the state’s struggling retail pharmacies by regulating middlemen companies has died amid uncertainty over the legislation’s complexity and pushback from insurance companies. House Bill 3212’s failure follows more than a decade of legislative attempts to bring additional oversight and transparency to pharmacy benefit managers — previously overlooked intermediary

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project As the 2025 Oregon legislative session lurches toward its conclusion, a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding wildfire damage payouts remains stalled in committee. The looming expiration of a federal tax break for fire victims adds urgency to Senate Bill 926. That tax break — available to people who get financial compensation for losses in fires

By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon legslators approved a measure Friday to clarify when the Oregon National Guard can be deployed for federal service. The bill, which passed 32-16, comes as the Trump administration’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles is playing out in the courts. Democratic Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, who noted he was a

By ALEX BAUMHARDT and JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s long-awaited transportation funding bill is headed to the House floor, but it remains to be seen whether it will make it to the end of the legislative session without running out of gas. The 12-member Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment voted 7-5 along party lines Friday to advance an