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Now here's a bill that's stirred up strong opinions: House Bill 3179 that aims to rein in utility rate increases. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social does a good job of laying it all out. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/21/l...

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ICYMI: @bbotkin.bsky.social's series on Oregon's deflection programs rolled out this week. Don't miss it: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/21/m...

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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers want Congress to restore federal funding for rural schools. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/21/b...

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The last of @bbotkin.bsky.social's series on Oregon's deflection programs is up today. The fourth part focuses on a survey and interviews that included 100 people involved with addiction in some way. They have mixed feelings about Oregon's new approach. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/20/m...

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Oregon's Lori Chavez-DeRemer is grilled by a U.S. Senate committee in her nomination to be Labor secretary in the Trump administration. @jmshumway.bsky.social has the details. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/19/f...

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In Part 3 of his series on deflection in Oregon, @bbotkin traveled to the eastern part of the state where officials and providers are stretched thin. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/19/m...

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In @bbotkin.bsky.social's Part 2 of his series on Oregon's new approach to addiction, he found encouraging signs in a northern coastal county that's been hard hit by drugs and homelessness. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/18/m...

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Oregon lawmakers, union members want the Legislature to enact several measures to protect workers from harm while they're on the job. @bbotkin.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/17/o...

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has asked the Department of Forestry to pause any action on the controversial wildfire hazard map until the Legislature figures out what to do about it. @alexbaumhardt oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/17/g...

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Oregon's Secretary of State's Office has referred three noncitizens suspected of voting to the Oregon Department of Justice for review. @jmshumway.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/17/o...

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So @bbotkin.bsky.social spent seven months traipsing across the state, taking the pulse of the state's new approach to addiction. Here's Part 1 on the Portland area's response to addiction: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/17/m...

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Democratic members of Oregon's delegation decried the Trump administration's plan to slice National Institutes of Health funding. If that goes through, OHSU, in particular, will feel the pain and so will medical research, they fear. @bbotkin.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/14/o...

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Two more domestic cats, this time in separate households in Multnomah County, got so severely ill from eating raw pet food tainted with the deadly bird flu virus that they had to be put down. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/two-m...

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Oregon's U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas pushes again for easing access to behavioral health care for people on Medicare and Medicaid. @bbotkin.bsky.social has the story. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...

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With a day of warning about a snowstorm, legislative leaders waited until less than 30 minutes before hearings were due to start on Thursday to issue notifications that the Capitol would close. @jmshumway.bsky.social and @bbotkin.bsky.social have the story oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/13/a...

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A parody post on X citing over-the-top federal spending blazed across the internet and landed on a taxpayer-funded newsletter from Oregon's Senate minority leader. After Qs from @jmshumway, he sent another newsletter on the same theme. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/12/o...

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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed by U.S. Senate as director of national intelligence on a party-line vote. Oregon's two Democratic senators voted "no." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/12/r...

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A Portland-based state senator wants the state's largest gas utility, NW Natural, to inform regulators and the public when it mixes hydrogen into natural gas and sends that to residential customers. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/12/n...

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Oregon Republican state Rep. Anna Scharf, R-Amity, is proposing a bill to ensure that former legislators aren't allowed to become legislative lobbyists or advocates for state agencies a year after they left the Legislature. @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/11/o...

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The Trump administration told states late last week that it's blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $52 million for Oregon and $71 million for Washington. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/10/t... via @goldsteinstreet.bsky.social, @washingtonstatestandard.com

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Oregon's new U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter filed her first bill. It doesn't address clean air or health care, two of her priorities. Instead, it calls for protecting federal employees from Elon Musk. @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/o...

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Oregon legislative Republicans, who are in the minority, painted a dark picture of the state's state of affairs and plan to offer proposals, but offered few details in a news conference. @jmshumway.bsky.social was there. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/06/o...

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End in sight for the biggest health care strike in Oregon's history, with Providence reaching an agreement with physicians and nurse practitioners at Portland hospital. Now union members have to vote. @bbotkin.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/06/h...

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U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, expects Trump's crackdown on immigrants to continue despite court rulings. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/06/u...

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Hundreds protest in Portland and Salem against the recent firehose of orders and actions by the Trump administration and billionnaire adviser Elon Musk that have created chaos nationwide. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/05/h...

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Potentially good news for union members and patients: Providence signs tentative agreement with union over strike by thousands of nurses and dozens of physicians that started in early Jan. Nurses are still striking union members approve. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/05/p...

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Oregon's Sen. Merkley and eight other Democrats are concerned about EPA blocking funds for solar program for low-income people and other programs. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/04/m...

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Investigation of 2 top corrections medical staff in Oregon says the chief medical officer was not qualified as a neurosurgeon to oversee primary care, that women were mistreated, delays in care harmed patients and more. @bbotkin.bsky.social has the details oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/03/a...

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Busy, busy day and @bbotkin.bsky.social is cranking: He reports that a Josephine County judge has issued a two-week stay on Grants Pass enforcing its homeless ordinance. Disability Rights Oregon is challenging it in court. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/03/o...

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Providence reached an agreement with striking physicians and nurses at its six women's clinics in the Portland area. But hospital union members still on strike. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/provi...

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Come join us! The Oregon Capital Chronicle has a great opportunity for an experienced reporter who likes to break news and dig into stories that matter to Oregonians. This person will focus on health care and social services and will watchdog state government. statesnewsroom.com/staff-openin...

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An Oregon Appeals Court has ruled in favor of Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas of Oregon in a suit against an ad she ran filed by her former opponent Mike Erickson. @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/31/o...

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Speaking of homelessness, Disability Rights Oregon is taking the city of Grants Pass to court over its restrictions of where homeless people can sleep. It's difficult for people with mobility problems. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/30/g...

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Earlier this week, lawmakers and Gov. Kotek met with city officials to hear their priorities for the session. They want more money for infrastructure. But they also would like flexibility on Oregon's law on homelessness. @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/31/o...

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Dignitaries, lawmakers, officials and friends and family paid their respects to Oregon's longest serving legislator, the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney. @jmshumway.bsky.social covered oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/29/o...

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Oregon's class of 2024 wasn't expected to graduate at a high rate, but in the end, more graduated than expected. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the details. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/30/c...

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More disheartening education data in Oregon following last year's national assessments. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the story. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/29/n...

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We've updated our story on the impact of the federal funding freeze in Oregon. Many, many people could be affected across all walks of life. Oregon leaders are still trying to figure out what it means while joining a lawsuit. Our story: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/28/o...

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The freeze in federal spending is sending alarm, anger and ripples of worry through Oregon's government, with Gov. Tina Kotek and others scrambling to find out what it means. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/28/o...

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Oregon's Gov. Kotek, chief adviser consider water quantity and quality a chief concern. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/27/f...

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Oregon's ethics watchdog faults east Oregonian lawmaker, Greg Smith, for not disclosing business income. by @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/24/o...

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The government ethics commission in Oregon will look into findings by state auditors of apparent violations of state spending laws. The findings involve parking, a Queen tribute concert and evening reception and dinner. @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/24/o...

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Oregon courts seal 47,000 eviction cases, following a 2023 law that applies to court-ordered eviction after January 2014. @bbotkin.bsky.social has the story. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...

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A domestic cat in Oregon has to be euthanized after it contracted the bird flu, or H5N1 virus. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...

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An Oregon bill this session designed to prevent vendors from imposing surprise event fees was triggered by a minor league baseball game. @jmshumway.bsky.social has the details. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/24/o...

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Well, that didn't take long. A U.S. District judge in Seattle barred President Donald Trump's order against birthright citizenship. @washingtonstatestandard.com oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/23/j...

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Two Oregon Democratic lawmakers want to put a pause on new investments by the Public Employees Retirement Systems, PERS, into fossil-fuel-related companies. @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/23/a...

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Oregon hospitals are ailing financially and they'd like lawmakers to start to fill their reimbursement gap this year. @bbotkin.bsky.social has the details oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/22/o...

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Gov. Kotek and agency officials brace for potential conflicts with Trump administration over federal land (it makes up half of Oregon). @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/22/g...

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Oregon joins Washington, Arizona and Illinois in a suit filed in Seattle against Trump's move to end birthright citizenship. @jmshumway.bsky.social has the details: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/21/o...

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