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Oregon cities push for infrastructure funding, more leeway to remove homeless camps
Oregon’s cities will push the state Legislature to give them more money for roads, water and sewers, more power to remove homeless camps and more ...
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Capital Chatter: Oregon celebrates the legacy of Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building, he became friends with the nighttime janitor. ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, January 30, 2025 5:00 pm
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Vicki Walker will retire July 1 as director of the Oregon Department of State Lands. She has led the agency since 2018. Her successor will ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, January 30, 2025 2:00 pm
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Oregon’s class of 2024 defies expectations with increase in high school graduation rate
Students in Oregon’s class of 2024, who started high school online in the midst of a global pandemic, surpassed expectations and graduated at a rate ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:37 am
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Oregon Capitol honors late Senate President Peter Courtney, state’s longest-serving lawmaker
Oregon bid farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and ...
by Staff reports, Thursday, January 30, 2025 7:09 am
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Federal funds ‘pause’ wreaks chaos, confusion among Central Oregon agencies
The Monday order from the Trump administration to pause delivery of federal grants and loans sent some Central Oregon agencies into chaos and confusion about ...
by Staff reports, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 1:05 pm
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California fires show states’ ‘last resort’ insurance plans could be overwhelmed
In the months before thousands of Los Angeles homes went up in flames, property insurance companies dropped coverage in many neighborhoods of the city, citing ...
by Staff reports, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9:00 am
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After Oregon governor steps in, Providence and nurses union resume talks amid strike
The Oregon Nurses Association and Providence Health & Services officials returned to in-person mediation Wednesday after Gov. Tina Kotek requested they do so to end ...
by Staff reports, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 8:59 am
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Oregon officials scrambling to respond to Trump order freezing many federal funds
Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least temporarily freezing many federal funds. State budgets ...
by Staff reports, Tuesday, January 28, 2025 11:06 am
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Feds cancel research meetings, raising fears about jobs, hundreds of millions to Oregon
Last week, the Trump administration cancelled a series of panels that help determine how billions in federal health dollars are spent, including hundreds of millions ...