By JACOB FISCHLER/States News Service WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will seek to add deep-water offshore wind energy, a developing technology that isn’t yet widely used, to its mix of […]
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Oregon’s unemployment rate increases slightly in August, but statewide jobs recovery is complete — except in hospitality industry
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.7% in August — the first increase since the big jump at the onset of the coronavirus […]
Rent increases capped at 14.6% for most Oregonians next year, the highest since limits passed
By MEAGAN CUTHILL/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a state with one of the most challenging housing crunches in the country, Oregon renters could face the highest possible maximum increase since the […]
Oregon’s public defenders office requests $6 million as lawmakers consider major overhaul of imploding system
Members or a work group that’s been discussing public defense reforms include former legislators, public defenders, representatives of Gov. Kate Brown’s office and members of the state Judicial Department. (Getty […]
Oregon State University’s new president officially begins her work, interested in growing online programs, student success
By MEERAH POWELL/Oregon Public Broadcasting CORVALLIS — Jayathi Murthy plans to focus on improving Oregon State University’s graduation rates, furthering research and continuing to grow what is already the state’s […]
Shortly before embarking on political career, Oregon congressional candidate Alek Skarlatos joked about choking women
Alek Skarlatos, left, smiles after quipping about a man whose girlfriend suffocated during sex. Skarlatos, now running for Congress, appeared on a podcast hosted by Ross Patterson, right, in 2018. […]
Oregon’s unaffiliated voters are more partisan than you think and might not shift the outcomes of November’s elections
By RANDY STAPILUS/Oregon Capital Chronicle If Oregon’s registered Democrats vote Democratic in this November’s general election, and the Republicans vote Republican, those numbers alone won’t come close to settling the […]
Oregon hospital executives who expected rebound from COVID this year say they’re stunned by financial losses instead
By JEFF MANNING/The Oregonian/OregonLive George Newmyer’s knee replacement was supposed to be a routine day surgery. Then he stopped breathing. The doctors and nurses at Adventist Health Portland resuscitated him. […]
With cases falling, Oregon Health Authority shifts attention away from Covid-19, reducing frequency it publishes Covid data
By GARRETT ANDREWS/Oregon Capital Chronicle With Covid-19 no longer posing a public health crisis, state health officials announced Wednesday they are shifting resources away from tracking the disease toward other […]
House Speaker Pelosi comes to Oregon to help fundraise for three Democrats seeking open House seats
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Oregon on Tuesday to say she rejects the premise that Republicans, who lost the presidency and the Senate two years […]