By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon needs to build about 29,500 more homes each year, mostly in the Portland region and Willamette Valley, to emerge from a housing shortage years […]
By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News SALEM — The League of Oregon Cities, mayors and city councilor members gathered in Salem on Tuesday to ask lawmakers to boost funding for local water […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — The most controversial policy being debated in Salem these days has nothing to do with the thousands of bills that have been introduced […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — An Oregon lawmaker’s pricier-than-expected trip to a minor league baseball game could lead to a state law blocking surprise fees and forcing vendors […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon hospitals are operating at a loss or often with thin profit margins, with patients boarding in emergency rooms and rural facilities forced to consider […]
By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News EUGENE — The Oregon Health Authority has found that Eugene-based Oregon Medical Group, and two insurers, unreasonably increased healthcare costs. Oregon has been trying to rein […]
By MAXINE BERNSTEIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive A Eugene-based wood treatment facility and its president have agreed to pay $1.5 million in criminal fines for illegal treatment of hazardous waste in violation of […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon joined Washington, Arizona and Illinois on Tuesday in suing President Donald Trump and several cabinet officials over his attempt to withhold citizenship […]
By Oregon Capital Chronicle staff SALEM — Oregon’s 90 lawmakers are beginning their work in earnest on Tuesday, with about five months to pass a spending plan for the next […]
Immigration navigator Lydia Hernandez, right, assists a participant in a workshop this month offered by the Portland-based Innovation Law Lab. The workshop provides support and legal guidance for participants […]
