By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The commission tasked with overseeing Oregon’s 17 community colleges must do more to increase student performance, achievement and access, according to an audit […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle All new cars sold in Oregon by 2035 must be considered zero-emissions vehicles. On Monday, Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission voted unanimously to adopt the Advanced […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Harney County Circuit Court judge on Thursday blocked a new voter-approved Oregon law banning the sale of large-capacity firearms magazines with more than 10 […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Monsanto Co. will pay Oregon a $698 million settlement to end litigation tied to its alleged role in polluting the state with […]
A view from the Elliott State Research Forest near Coos Bay. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A state forest with some of the last and largest swathes of old-growth trees […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — For more than 10 years, Oregon governors have enforced a moratorium on executions. In one of her last acts as governor, Kate Brown […]
By CONRAD WILSON and LILLIAN MONGEAU HIGHES/Oregon Public Broadcasting The same Oregon judge who temporarily blocked Measure 114 from becoming law last week, heard arguments on Tuesday in Burns over whether […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon will receive as much as $173 million to prevent and treat addiction and substance use disorder as part of three national settlements with pharmacy […]
James Schroeder, CEO of Health Share of Oregon, the state’s largest Medicaid insurer, will become the interim director of the Oregon Health Authority on Jan. 10. BY LYNNE TERRY […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon workers will see paycheck deductions in January for a new state program that will provide paid leave to employees. The program, called Paid Leave […]
