Bryce Dole
Oregon Public BroadcastingBryce Dole is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Bryce was raised in Southern Oregon and graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. His reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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More than one in four homeless people in Oregon are over the age of 55. As the state’s population gets older, many seniors rely on a fragile social safety net. -
The administration is seeking sensitive information as part of its effort to root out suspected voter fraud. -
Staff fear the cuts will make it harder to help people facing evictions and homelessness as the state’s housing crisis persists. -
Organizations across Oregon received notice from the U.S. Department of Education that they’d lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
Oregonians vote at a higher rate than most Americans, which observers attribute to mail-in voting. -
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Trump “is clearly actively working to corrupt our elections.” -
As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, high-profile projects are on the back burner. -
Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the stakes are particularly high. -
‘We cannot ignore the rapid growth of AI in our lives,’ Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement Friday. The state is working with InnovateUS, a nonprofit organization that has partnered with government agencies to provide no-cost AI training for public sector employees. -
Layoffs appear certain. But a lot more could happen, too. -
Oregon lawmakers have passed one of the most hotly contested gun bills this year. Meanwhile, a bill that aimed to bolster the state’s firearm regulatory network appears to have died. -
With less than a week left in this year’s session, the bill was referred back to a legislative committee. Lawmakers will be hard-pressed to revive it in time.
