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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Oregon Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Tina Kotek to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding top executives and managers at the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, who diverted specialty bourbons away from public consumption for their own personal use.
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The Oregon Legislature’s marquee housing package cleared a key legislative hurdle on Friday, paving the way for what supporters hope will be a new approach to building homes in the state while also making a dent in the homelessness crisis.
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The idea of the bill is straightforward: turn empty, boarded-up commercial or office buildings, many vacated during the COVID-19 pandemic, into much-needed housing units.
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Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing goal and the homelessness crisis have changed the political calculus in Salem when it comes to housing and development.
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Oregon’s convoluted regulatory system helps explain how this scandal happened.
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The Governor is asking OLCC to replace all the managers and executive leadership accused in an internal investigation of using their access to benefit themselves and their friends.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has rolled out her first budget plan. She's focused, not surprisingly, on big investments in housing, education and behavioral health.
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The governor believes the money should be spent to stave off homelessness for about 9,000 people and to expand shelter capacity by 600 beds within one year, among other things.
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Housing is the priority this session, but lawmakers also face challenges in behavioral health, education and a lack of public defenders.
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As the 2023 Oregon legislative session begins in earnest on Tuesday, there's new leadership, a host of new faces and some very familiar problems.
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After leading Oregon through nonstop crises, Gov. Kate Brown leaves office with a complicated legacyBy the end, even her fellow Democrats were criticizing her work as governor. But a closer look reveals a longer list of accomplishments than conventional wisdom suggests.
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When Kate Brown leaves office, she will have appointed every justice on the state’s highest court. She also announced other judicial appointments Wednesday.