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30,000 children in low-income Oregon families missing out on extra food benefits
Thousands of low-income Oregon families are leaving food money on the table this summer. The Department of Human ... Read more
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Oregon, Dolly Parton join to promote young readers
When Gov. Tina Kotek stopped at the Estacada library last year during her One Oregon listening tour of ... Read more
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Q&A Secretary of state candidates answer our questions
Oregon’s next secretary of state faces the ongoing challenge of restoring confidence in the agency and in the ... Read more
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Oregon pays out $306 million in paid-leave benefits
According to its director, more than 70,000 verified claims have been filed — though not all are found ... Read more
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Advocates celebrate more state support for child care
Advocates are celebrating legislative approval of $171 million — some now and some later — that will shore ... Read more
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All gas companies in Oregon fail to gain approval for plans on meeting state’s climate goals
All three of the natural gas companies in Oregon will have to fix their long-term plans to meet ... Read more
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State begins rewriting landmark climate program derailed by gas lawsuit
State environmental regulators are working on rewriting a greenhouse gas reduction program stymied by a gas company lawsuit. ... Read more
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Buttigieg, Northwest governors visit Interstate 5 Bridge to support its replacement
As rush-hour traffic crawled across the Interstate 5 bridge between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, U.S. Secretary of ... Read more
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Lawmakers take first deep plunge into proposals to address the drug crisis
As Oregon lawmakers start to work on the state’s drug addiction and overdose crisis, the complexity of their ... Read more
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Behind schedule, over budget, state-backed rail projects costing $70 million sit idle
Five years ago, the state Legislature approved $51 million for two rail shipping centers in the Willamette Valley ... Read more