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After statewide tour, health authority director plans to improve Oregon’s health care system

Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi wants to improve Oregon’s health care system, including keeping rural hospitals open…

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Redmond man among those pardoned by Biden

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were placed in…

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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government

Sen. Lisa Reynolds, D-Portland, was sworn into office by Gov. Tina Kotek during the Oregon Leadership Summit on…

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Oregon will start testing raw milk this week for bird flu

Oregon will start testing milk this week for bird flu as part of a federal program to monitor…

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Wildland firefighter pay raises could vanish without action by Congress within days

The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end…

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Oregon lawmaker — and physician — wants to tackle early childhood health

The only pediatrician — and medical doctor — in the state Legislature treats vulnerable children in her practice…

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Oregon education department, advocates, ask legislators to tackle unfunded special education mandate

In recent years, Oregon’s State School Fund has not paid for all of the special education services needed…

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Oregon gets federal money to improve habitat for imperiled western monarch butterfly

Millions of western monarch butterflies once visited Oregon and other Western states each spring to drink flower nectar,…

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Oregon Gov. Kotek, lawmakers say state needs to keep focus on housing, education, mental health

PORTLAND — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek doubled down Monday on her requests for more funding and more attention…

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Oregon’s Project Turnkey sheltered thousands as state tries to build more homes

Just before a tour of an Astoria homeless shelter late last month, Gov. Tina Kotek met with a…

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