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Patients with a history of opioid use would get increased access to overdose reversal medications under a bill backed by Gov. Tina Kotek and top legislative leaders.
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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBOregon's system for people with profound mental illness is broken. We examine two major problems and two promising strategies. -
David Holifield/Unsplash.comJewish culture, history, and contributions would become part of Oregon’s educational curriculum, under a bill moving through the legislature in response to increased incidents of antisemitism, both in Oregon and across the U.S.
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A bill that would ban the sale of items made from kangaroo leather in Oregon likely won’t move forward this year in Salem. -
Oregon lawmakers are pursuing a package of firearm bills they say is needed to stem gun violence and give law enforcement the necessary tools to address the issue of untraceable 'ghost guns.'
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Recreational cannabis prices in Oregon have reached record lows, and that’s hurting business owners across the marijuana industry.
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Oregon is on track to spend $200 million to help homeless residents move into houses, give people who have fallen behind on rent more time to pay and create new goals for cities to build homes under a pair of measures approved Wednesday by the state House.
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The Ashland City Council appointed two new council members Wednesday night, after multiple resignations earlier this year.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will temporarily suspend the Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate program starting May 1 until funds for the program are replenished next year.
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The ocean salmon fishing season could be closed this year for all of California and most of Oregon, according to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council.
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Retreat Guru said it expects as many as 90% of Synthesis Digital's 220 former students to continue their coursework and join the ranks of Oregon’s first psilocybin facilitators. The Canadian company took over Synthesis' Oregon operations earlier this month due to a financial collapse. The fate of Synthesis' Buckhorn Springs Resort training facility near Ashland is unclear.
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The family of a Josephine County man shot and killed by Oregon State Police troopers in 2015 announced they had settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $1.6 million and an apology.
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Ashland recently hired Kelly Burns, whose goal is to prepare the city for future disasters like wildfires and create a local Emergency Operations Center. He previously worked for the Ashland Fire and Rescue Department for 32 years. JPR’s Jane Vaughan spoke with Burns about his plans for this new position.
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Despite a 2017 pay equity law, two studies of the state payroll and two rounds of equity raises, women and people of color working for the state of Oregon still earn far less than white men, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Oregon lawmakers are deciding whether to make the state the second in the nation to mandate a climate change curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade.
