Lauren Dake
Oregon Public BroadcastingLauren Dake is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Lauren spent nearly a decade working as a print reporter. She’s covered politics and rural issues in Oregon and Washington.
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Kotek has replaced her top three aides whose departure was tied to First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson’s growing role in the governor’s administration. -
Oregon’s long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month. -
The governor said she wanted more information on specific projects, including two in the Rogue Valley, that are part of the housing package approved by the Legislature earlier this year. -
The state’s licensing officials waited nearly one month after her death to enter the care facility, according to a damning investigation released by the Oregon long-term care ombudsman this week. -
Oregon Department of Administrative Services staffer Meliah Masiba has been appointed adviser for the “Office of the First Spouse” starting March 25. -
Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls and Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas are two of eight state senators prohibited from running again for state Senate after participating in extended walkouts last year. -
Oregon lawmakers wrapped up the 2024 short legislative session on Thursday night after muscling through a remarkable number of high-profile policies in a little more than one month. -
Those two measures, along with House Bill 4134, will send a total of $376 million toward boosting housing production, funding infrastructure like roads and land acquisition and supporting renters. -
The governor has made housing and homelessness some of her top priorities. A previous version of the $500 million bill failed last session. -
Oregon legislative session kicks off Monday; 5 things to know. -
People who lost their homes in the 2020 Labor Day fires could be eligible to receive direct financial help from an Oregon state grant to repair, rebuild or replace their homes. -
Independent watchdog’s draft report obtained by OPB argues that “whole child care” and changes in state agencies are required to stop this practice.
