The Oregon Senate on Wednesday passed a $210 million bill to increase the state’s semiconductor industry. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The state Senate […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s hospital industry and key employee unions say they have reached an agreement over legislation on health care staffing. The Oregon Nurses Association, […]
By the Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is sending $170 million in extra food aid to children in low-income families statewide. The Department of Human Services will start issuing payments of […]
Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would put a permit system in place to purchase firearms. (Connor Radnovich/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The gun […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The federal government is sending nearly $50 million to Oregon nonprofits, counties and other entities to address homelessness. The money – from the U.S. Department […]
By ZACK DEMARS/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregonians are worried — especially about the state’s homelessness and housing issues. Four in five residents in Oregon say they’re “moderately” or “very” worried about […]
By ALANNA MADDEN/Courthouse News After five years of litigation, conservation groups and the Oregon Department of Forestry reached an agreement last week to expand stream buffers within the Tillamook and […]
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Victims in four of Oregon’s Labor Day fires could get additional compensation from PacifiCorp following a ruling Thursday from Multnomah County judge Steffan Alexander. […]
The EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD EUGENE — A measure that would ban natural gas and other fossil fuel uses in some new residential construction in Eugene will appear on a future ballot. […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Legislative budget writers plan to trim many state agency budgets while increasing overall spending in the next two years. Co-chairs of the legislative […]
