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Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Hundreds of bills passed in the first half of 2025 take effect New Year’s Day.
Alex Baumhardt
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
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Manuel Orbegozo/CalMattersSan Mateo, California adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%. -
Salvador Ochoa/CalMattersSenior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say.
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Kirk Siegler/NPRPresident Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country. -
Li Gang/AP/XinhuaThe drills came after Beijing expressed anger at U.S. arms sales, and a statement by Japan's prime minister saying its military could get involved if China were to take action against Taiwan.
Roman Battaglia
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JPR News
Southern Oregon University is building a retirement facility on campus. Students and professors are working to figure out how to create spaces to bring college students and older learners together.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Starting in 2025, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects—a change aimed at closing a gap for Latina mothers.
Adriana Heldiz
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CalMatters