Gov.-elect Tina Kotek outlines her goals at the Oregon Business Plan Summit in Portland on Dec. 12, 2022. (Rian Dundon/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND — Gov.-elect […]
By CHRIS LEHMAN/Oregon Public Broadcasting Performing arts organizations in Oregon say they’re still struggling to recover from the economic blow of COVID-19. They’re asking the Legislature for another round of […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s public defense agency will get $10 million to help deal with a statewide shortage of public defenders, but the Oregon Public Defense […]
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan shows her “Vote” tattoo before ending candidate filing for Oregon’s primary election last March. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Citing an increase in […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Three waves of respiratory disease are overlapping this winter, driving patient numbers in hospitals to maximum levels, state officials said Thursday. Respiratory syncytial virus […]
By LYNNE TERRY and BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle For nearly three years, Oregon’s hospitals have faced surge after surge of patients sick with COVID-19. They filled hospital rooms, overflowed into […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to intervene and block a Harney County judge’s order that temporarily stops a voter-approved firearms measure from going […]
By MAX EGENER/Oregon Capital Bureau Gun deaths have been increasing in Oregon for years. But new research is making the full toll of gun violence in the state more clear. […]
GILLIAN FLACCUS/Associated Press Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast. The live, online auction for […]
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering emptying Cougar Reservoir, scaling back hydropower and changing how it stores 500 trillion gallons of water in a […]
