Oregon’s electric utilities submitted first-ever plans for mitigating wildfire risks and protecting public safety. (Flickr) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Nearly all of Oregon’s 41 electric utilities have […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A $100,000 check from a longtime conservative Oregon political donor to Republican Christine Drazan. One for $100,000 to Betsy Johnson’s insurgent campaign from a […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon businesses and workers will begin to see the rollout of a new computer system for the Employment Department after more than a decade of […]
Oregon gubernatorial candidates, from left, Christine Drazan, Tina Kotek and Betsy Johnson, participate in a debate hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in Welches. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle […]
Betsy Johnson talks to supporters at a pep rally in St. Helens, Ore., on June 14, 2022. As an unaffiliated candidate for governor, Johnson is hoping to collect enough signatures […]
Tight-fitting KN95 (right) masks are the most protective against Covid-19. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The latest coronavirus variant is sickening thousands of Oregonians a week and […]
The leisure and hospitality industries in Oregon, encompassing restaurants and hotels, are recovering jobs lost during Covid slower than other industries. (Getty Images) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is […]
BY LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians are increasingly paying a bigger share of their income for health care, the latest state report on health care costs shows. The Oregon Health […]
By the Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians will have the chance to decide in November whether the state should ban large ammunition magazines and require licenses for all gun […]
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, has endorsed nonaffiliated candidate for governor Betsy Johnson. (Wikimedia Commons) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Outgoing Congressman Kurt Schrader bucked the Democratic party again on Tuesday, […]
