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Kotek taps out-of-state public health leader for OHA director post

Dr. Sejal Hathi, a New Jersey public health deputy commissioner, will be the next director of the Oregon…

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Oregon Supreme Court will hear lawsuit from Senate Republicans who walked out

A group of Senate Republicans who want to run for reelection despite running afoul of a voter-approved law…

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Oregon lawmakers start trying to tackle state’s addiction crisis

Oregon lawmakers heard from state behavioral health officials and local addiction treatment providers during a four-hour meeting on…

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Rosenblum, other attorneys general, ask court to preserve abortion pill access

  Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a coalition of other Democratic attorneys general on Friday urged the…

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Kotek appoints new head at Agriculture Department

SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek is bringing a former deputy director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture back…

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Kotek’s top legislative priority: Building more homes

After spending hundreds of millions in the past year to get people off the streets and into shelters,…

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As farm bill expires, Congress is months away from a new one

WASHINGTON — The deadline for Congress to pass a new farm bill expired over the weekend, and staff…

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Lawmakers return to Salem for meetings on homelessness, addiction and more

State lawmakers are descending on Salem this week for the first time since June for dozens of meetings…

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Health officials urge vaccines for COVID, flu, RSV

As the latest COVID boosters dribble into Oregon, state health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated to…

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Republican Will Lathrop betting on voter unease with crime, drugs in AG race

NEWBERG — A Republican Newberg attorney who spent most of the past decade fighting human trafficking in Africa…

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