By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — This spring, fresh off visiting Oregon’s 36 counties in her first year in office, Gov. Tina Kotek set out to visit each of […]
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Benton County employees end strike, but OSU graduate assistants and Albany teachers still on picket lines
By NATALIE PATE and TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two strikes continued Wednesday in the Albany-Corvallis area, with a settlement in one and and ongoing tensions with two others. The most […]
Oregon’s new state economic forecaster predicts $6 billion more in revenue, higher taxpayer rebate
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s new chief state economist estimates the state will have about $37.8 billion available to spend in the next two-year budget cycle after […]
Pacific Seafood halts processing at its plant in Eureka, Calif. sending product to Oregon
By RYAN BURNS/Lost Coast Outpost EUREKA, Calif. — Pacific Seafood, the processing and distribution giant based in Clackamas, Ore., has halted all processing activity at its Eureka plant, dramatically scaling […]
While Democrats around the country pledge to resist Trump, Oregon leaders have been quiet
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland on Nov. 5. Kotek and other top Oregon Democrats have been relatively […]
Forest Service hiring freeze: Documents reveal the agency is quietly cutting its seasonal workforce
By NICK BOWLIN/High Country News Americans visit hiking and camping areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service more than 150 million times each year. If you have climbed a peak […]
Oregon task force makes recommendations for ways to prevent patients from “boarding” in hospitals
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Across a sprawling system of nearly 60 acute-care hospitals, Oregonians take up beds they do not need while other patients board in emergency rooms for […]
Study says rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt
By LIZ CAREY/The Daily Yonder According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical […]
Wildfire survivors press Oregon, Idaho senators to get them federal tax relief on any settlements
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes […]
Oregon School districts, employees face $670 million increase in payments to public pension system
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon school districts are projected to pay $670 million more to the state’s public employee pension program over the next two years, potentially wiping out […]