By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature housing bill and $369 million in funding meant to help the state backfill a decades-long housing shortage are headed […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Legislature’s proposal to overhaul the state’s response to the fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis cleared a major hurdle on Friday with passage […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill that would make possession of small amounts of drugs a crime in Oregon for the first time in three years is […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Eight months ago, Gov. Tina Kotek was roaming the halls of the Oregon Capitol, trying to persuade just one more Democratic member of […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers on the joint addiction committee on Tuesday evening voted for a proposal to backtrack on Measure 110 and reshape the state’s […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon school districts would be unable to ban books simply because authors or characters are immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+, disabled or from […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Yet again, the campaign to open Oregon’s party primaries to all voters has floundered. All Oregon Votes, the political campaign behind a ballot measure on […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Nancy Matela co-owns a vacation home in a wildfire zone northwest of Bend that has a new, annual property insurance premium of $9,000. It’s […]
By APRIL ERLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Three sawmills have closed in Oregon within less than two months, prompting several counties’ leaders to grill state forestry officials about a plan that would […]
By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report A new lawsuit claims that St. Charles Health System in Deschutes County routinely sent poor patients to a debt collector instead of helping them access […]
