By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s House Republican leader sent state election officials scrambling this week after he used a minor delay in delivering mailed ballots to clerks […]
By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon has lots of jobs. In some ways, too many. Jobs are especially abundant in Oregon’s healthcare, manufacturing and childcare industries. But the workforce to […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The state’s top wildfire responders say they are prepared for the approaching wildfire season, but they are concerned about adding staff and resources […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle State officials charged with allocating $600 million from opioid settlement lawsuits decided in its latest round of funding to focus on prevention. At its May […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Justice concluded that no criminal charges are warranted for the six former Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees who […]
By ALEX BAUNHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Superintendents in four Oregon school districts, including the two largest in Portland and Salem, are calling on state leaders to boost funding for public education, […]
By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report A pair of Eugene lawmakers say that health care giant Optum, Inc. has agreed to release its former doctors from non-compete contracts that critics said […]
By NIKA BARTOO-SMITH/Underscore News The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to repeal a state agreement with the Confederated Tribes of Grand […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — About 50 years after the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hired its first female field biologist, it will be led by […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Gov. Tina Kotek abruptly pulled back this week on a pair of nominations to the board that oversees Oregon forest policy, after blowback from environmental […]
