Ben Botkin
Oregon Capital ChronicleBen Botkin covers justice, health and social services issues for the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Ben Botkin has been a reporter since 2003, when he drove from his Midwest locale to Idaho for his first journalism job. He has written extensively about politics and state agencies in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.
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The Oregon Health Authority’s Ombuds program is concerned about the lack of care in languages other than English and gaps in mental health and addiction treatment for Oregonians enrolled in Medicaid.
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State officials awarded $2.36 million to the project by Bay Area First Step, which will be the first of its kind in Curry County.
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Three Oregon federal lawmakers are pushing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to move swiftly to fund a new 154-bed long-term home for veterans in Douglas County.
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Providence will keep the temporary nurses through Sunday, saying staff nurses only need to report for work if they are contacted.
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Rural Oregon groups to get opioid settlement funding to set up recovery centers to help people in addiction.
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Oregon State Hospital is in immediate jeopardy of losing its eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid funding in the wake of a patient's death.
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Hospital staff will check patients immediately upon arrival and ensure life-saving medical equipment is properly maintained.
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The psychiatric hospital is reviewing its in-person visitation policies as Oregon State Police investigate the overdose.
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The winner will run against a three-term Republican incumbent Kim Wallan in House District 6 this November.
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No Democrats are running which means the primary winner will represent the district in Salem for the next four years.
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The agency has subpoenaed nine years of state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin’s correspondence with constituents, journalists and even Paris Hilton.
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The incumbent is barred from serving another term under a voter-passed law that bars legislators from serving subsequent terms when they have too many unexcused absences.