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Fatal drug overdoses in Oregon reached record levels in 2023
More than 1,800 Oregonians died of drug overdoses in 2023, a rising trend that state leaders want to ...
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Oregon task force ends work without unity on recommendations about raising alcohol taxes
A legislative task force studying the public health impacts of alcohol abuse and whether to raise alcohol taxes ...
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Lawmakers preview housing bills as many Oregonians face unaffordable rent, mortgages
Oregon lawmakers this week previewed some of their ideas to build more homes and lower rents and home ...
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Psilocybin industry will focus on fine-tuning first-in-the-nation program in 2025
Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its ...
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Oregon Legislature approves $218 million in additional wildfire funding in emergency session
When wildfires popped up in Central Oregon this summer, Ken Jackola, the mayor of Lebanon and vice president ...
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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 ...