
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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Gov. Tina Kotek warns of worsening fire conditions as summer continues.
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The latest budget is a signal from state lawmakers that they want to ensure the current dollars are being spent wisely.
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The measure, House Bill 3940, would tax oral nicotine products and tap the interest on Oregon’s rainy day savings account and put the money toward wildfire mitigation.
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In a sign of mounting concerns about political violence, Oregon state lawmakers recently passed a bill blocking their personal addresses — hours before a Minnesota lawmaker was shot and killed in her home.
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The former executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission had agreed to the deal, but ethics commissioners said the negotiated fine is not stiff enough.
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“I know my actions were indefensible,” she told the state ethics commission.
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New allegations of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility staff sexually abusing teens in custody are detailed in another lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court last week.
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Despite leadership changes and legislative fixes, Oregon has for years failed to provide attorneys to everyone charged with crimes.
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A conversation on the Senate floor on Monday pivoted from being about a measure requiring the state to provide luggage to kids in foster care rather than trash bags into a larger bipartisan discussion about why the agency charged with kids in its care has struggled for so long.
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Lawmakers in Salem have yet to tackle the biggest items — such as passing a budget and debating a major transportation package
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A legislative hearing earlier this year highlighted that a child welfare watchdog doesn't have a ton of independence.
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The wide-ranging bill would create exceptions to send children out-of-state for care and change definitions around restraints and seclusions. Proponents believe it will help more kids get care. Some advocates are worried it will cause more harm.