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 […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday they have reached a tentative deal to create a new type of misdemeanor that would give defendants no jail […]
By JENNIFER LUDDEN/NPR In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or […]
Simon Fulford, executive director of Parrott Creek Child and Family Services in Oregon City, looks into a resident’s room. For months, his organization has tried to seek state funding for […]
By BRAD FUQUA/Philomath News PHILOMATH — Interfor Corp. announced Thursday that it will lay off 100 employees and pause production at its Philomath sawmill operation for an undetermined amount of […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission has decided to add a group of killer whales that forage along the Oregon coast to the […]
