By Jefferson Public Radio Reporters at Oregon Public Broadcasting have covered labor organizing in businesses from donut shops to strip clubs in recent years. Now it’s their newsroom doing the […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Medicaid insurer released a report this week on homelessness in southern Oregon that exposes the roots of the problem in rural communities. Based on […]
By TIFFANY ECKERT/KLCC News SPRINGFIELD — PeaceHealth has received the green light from the Oregon Health Authority to construct a 67,000-square foot rehabilitation hospital in Springfield. The facility will include […]
By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News A conservation group says it’s going to sue the U.S. Forest Service for failing to protect a rare and endangered species in Oregon. There are fewer […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle One of the smallest school districts in Oregon is suing the state in an attempt to send a landmark forest habitat conservation plan back to […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek is hiring a temporary aide to assist her wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, as the governor considers expanding Kotek Wilson’s role […]
By Oregon Public Broadcasting Aimee Kotek Wilson, the Oregon governor’s wife, will get a state-funded adviser this week as the governor considers establishing the “Office of the First Spouse” […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle It their recently-completed legislative session, Oregon lawmakers culminated months of discussions and debate that roped in everyone from police officers to addiction specialists with a […]
By LAUREN DRAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon state lawmakers largely aligned this legislative session when it came to housing: the state needs more. They made it easier for some cities to sidestep laborious land-use […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four tribes opposed to a proposed tribal casino in Medford are asking U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to stop the project from moving forward. For […]
