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Records allege ‘racist environment’ and deep divisions over child care governance.
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It’s an eternal struggle in California: Businesses want to cut taxes while governments say doing so would decimate services. Three competing measures headed for the November ballot could drastically change California’s tax landscape.
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AllCare Health launched a project to document the experiences of homeless people across Southwestern Oregon. Julie Akins is the senior housing director for the health care organization and a former mayor of Ashland. JPR’s Jane Vaughan recently spoke with Akins about what she’s learned in our region.
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Large numbers of young Chinook salmon were found dead two days after being released from a state hatchery. But biologists say river conditions were okay and they were shocked by the die-off. The suspected cause is pressure changes in a Klamath dam tunnel.
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The volunteer fire department in Yreka, California is in desperate need of upgrades. The city is considering a 1% sales tax to put on the November ballot that could help alleviate staffing and facility issues.
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State estimates show 1,333 people will be convicted of drug possession and 533 could go to jail every year under House Bill 4002. The numbers suggest that the system Oregon lawmakers envisioned to replace Measure 110 — in which drug users can avoid criminal consequences through treatment — will only go so far.
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In recent years, there’s been an increase in museums and universities throughout the country returning ancestral remains and sacred objects to tribal nations.
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A Nehalem Bay nonprofit hosts an emergency food cooking contest with a twist in an effort to bring more awareness around natural disaster preparedness.
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“If this pollution was happening in an affluent Portland suburb, it would be stopped,” attorney Steve Berman said.
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It’s the second time Josh Dorcak, who runs the restaurant MÄS, was chosen as a semifinalist for “best chef.”
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Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort.
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Amid fentanyl crisis, Oregon lawmakers propose more funding for opioid addiction medication in jailsThe latest proposal would allow jails seeking to create or expand medication treatment programs to apply for grants from a $10 million fund. It has bipartisan support and the backing of public health advocates and some in law enforcement.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 1 is the latest milestone in California’s long struggle to address mental illness. It would allocate new funding for housing and treatment facilities, aiming to address a crisis that plays out on city streets.
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Former Assembly Republican leader Marie Waldron and San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener may not have a lot in common, but they’ve formed an unlikely alliance over psychedelic drugs.