By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians support abortion rights at a higher rate than the national average, a recent survey from the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center shows. The Portland-based […]
Former state Sen. Betsy Johnson prepares to submit 17 boxes with 48,214 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Betsy Johnson’s months-long […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Chief Justice Martha Walters is planning to remove all the members of the Public Defense Services Commission, the state panel that oversees legal representation […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Concerns that a new map showing wildfire risks across Oregon will lead to property insurance hikes are unfounded, state financial regulators said Friday. Insurers have […]
Many emergency rooms, like the one at Oregon Health & Science University, are packed. (Christine Torres Hicks/OHSU) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The hospital crisis in Oregon is playing out […]
Initiative & Referendum Campaign Management Services used Craigslist to hire petition circulators for Betsy Johnson’s campaign for governor. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Betsy Johnson has counted on her “Betsy […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Struggling with staffing shortages exacerbated by the pandemic, Oregon schools leaned heavily last year on teachers who received emergency licenses from the state. During the […]
People who invest in solar panels for their homes would get a bigger rebate on their income taxes under the new Inflation Reduction Act. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Clean […]
The Federal Aviation Administration allocated nearly $10 million to the airport in Klamath Falls for runway repairs. By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Federal Aviation Administration has allocated more […]
The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map from the Department of Forestry has been taken down. It previously showed Ashland as an island of low-fire risk in a sea of high […]
