By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Hundreds of Oregon State University’s unionized graduate student employees are gearing up for a possible strike in the coming weeks. Last week, 93% of voting […]
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Local ballot measures around Oregon ask voters to weigh in on psilocybin mushrooms, wind energy
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four years after Oregon voters approved the regulated use of psilocybin mushrooms and more than a year after the first patients began using them, more […]
New OSU facility serves to return human remains and cultural artifacts to tribes
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC News CORVALLIS — The proper repatriation of Native American remains is behind a new facility and the collaboration between Oregon State University and the nine federally-recognized […]
Local opposition, no state mandates dooms southern Oregon coast wind energy projects — for now
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting A push to bring floating offshore wind technology to the Southern Oregon coast was gaining momentum. The Oregon Department of Energy saw floating offshore wind playing […]
Oregon signs agreement with developers to enter entire Elliott State Forest into carbon market
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to help capture and store more planet-warming greenhouse gases, and to fight climate change […]
Oregon Dept. of Education recommends schools ‘limit or restrict’ use of cellphones in new guidance
By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting Students, parents, teachers, principals, and even Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek have all had their say in the debate about cellphones in schools. Now, the Oregon Department of Education is […]
Albany teachers overwhelmingly approve strike authorization as negotiations continue
By NATALIE PATE/Oregon Public Broadcasting When asked whether to approve a strike — should it come to that — the vast majority of Albany teachers said “yes.” According to voting […]
Memo to Oregon Gov. Kotek shows first, partial statewide look at new drug deflection efforts
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting It’s been two months since Oregon recriminalized drug possession and new data from across the state is starting to show how the new law, which […]
After decline of timber, Coos Bay looks to massive container shipping project as its future economic engine
By KYRA BUCKLEY/Oregon Public Broadcasting COOS BAY — For decades, it seemed like Oregon’s south coast city of Coos Bay couldn’t catch a break — at least not […]
Oregon will launch nation’s first Medicaid rental assistance program in November
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority is launching a new rental assistance program through its Medicaid plan that serves low-income Oregonians when medical crises impact their ability […]