By GARRETT ANDREWS/Oregon Capital Bureau A majority of Oregonians support stricter gun laws, according to a new public opinion poll by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. The nonpartisan independent […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a nearly 50-year-old right to abortion has little immediate impact in Oregon, where the state […]
By HAL BERNTON/The Seattle Times Northwest power utilities have poured more than $2 million into a public relations campaign to convince the region’s residents that breaching four hydropower dams on […]
By AMELIA TEMPLETON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Last month, a new COVID-19 variant from the omicron family spread across Oregon, causing a seventh wave of infections. On paper, this seventh wave hasn’t […]
By CHRIS AADLAND/Underscore News and Indian Country Today An Oregon tribe and state leaders have agreed to co-manage fish and wildlife across a large swath of southwest Oregon, in what they say […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Planned Parenthood is increasing staff at Oregon clinics, boosting telemedicine programs across the state and opening a clinic in Ontario in eastern Oregon, the organization […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington on Friday pledged to maintain access to abortions and other reproductive health care following the U.S. Supreme […]
By Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 236,000 Oregon families will each start receiving a $600 payment this week under a new state law that aimed to aid low-income workers. Direct deposits […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s governor, lawmakers and state agency officials have often touted the state’s reproductive rights law as one of the most comprehensive and equitable […]
Many nurses have burned out during the pandemic by working overtime. (Oregon Health & Science University) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle While most state employees took a day off to […]
