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Oregon shuts down election phone line temporarily because of out-of-state misinformation
Published: October 17, 2024 20:44
Oregon’s state elections office has shut down its phone lines for the day because of a deluge of calls from out-of-state callers sharing misinformation about Republican President Donald Trump, who chose not to submit a statement to the state-issued Voters’…
Oregon attorney general candidates spar for last time in televised debate
Published: October 17, 2024 13:00
The two candidates running for Oregon attorney sparred in their final debate Wednesday evening over abortion, gun violence and election safety, giving voters one last chance to weigh their differences before the November election. Democrat Dan Rayfield,…
Trump vows to levy ‘horrible’ tariffs on imports, rejecting fears of inflation spike
Published: October 17, 2024 12:30
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump defended his plans for steep tariffs, arguing economists who say that those higher costs would get passed onto consumers are incorrect and that his proposals would benefit American manufacturing. During an…
Ranked choice voting would give Oregonians more power to choose their picks
Published: October 17, 2024 12:30
It’s that time of year again. Fall is in the air, pumpkins are on front porches and negative campaign ads flood the airwaves and the internet. For those of us who treasure democracy and the right to vote, we find ourselves asking: “Is this the best we…
Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves
Published: October 17, 2024 12:30
Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco she visited at home for a research project were confused when she came to the door. They’d forgotten the appointment or couldn’t remember speaking to her. It seemed…
Bynum raises record-breaking $3.4 million, other Oregon Democrats outraise Republicans
Published: October 16, 2024 23:03
The Democratic challenger in Oregon’s most closely contested congressional district raised more than three times as much as the Republican incumbent between June and September, federal campaign finance reports filed late Tuesday show.
Governor, education director, get on phones to call attention to importance of school attendance
Published: October 16, 2024 21:48
Several parents in the Salem-Keizer School District this week picked up their phones to a surprise call from Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek. She was calling from Waldo Middle School in northeast Salem, along with Oregon Department of Education Director Charlene…
Sparks fly in Bend debates for Oregon’s most competitive congressional district
Published: October 16, 2024 13:00
A final televised debate in Oregon’s most competitive congressional race ended Tuesday night with the candidates talking over each other, each insisting the other was lying. The abrupt ending to that third debate on Bend’s Central Oregon Daily TV station…
Bonneville Power Administration unveils plans for $3B in grid upgrades
Published: October 16, 2024 12:40
The Bonneville Power Administration has identified roughly $3 billion of transmission line and substation projects it said would be key for accommodating growing electricity demand and the expansion of wind and solar power. Bonneville, the largest supplier…
Employers haven’t a clue how their drug benefits are managed
Published: October 16, 2024 12:30
Most employers have little idea what the pharmacy benefit managers they hire do with the money they exchange for the medications used by their employees, according to a KFF survey released last week. In KFF’s latest employer health benefits survey, company…
Washington and Clackamas counties sue Oregon Health Authority over Measure 110 funding
Published: October 16, 2024 00:22
Washington and Clackamas counties on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Health Authority to overturn the agency’s formula for distributing more than $400 million in funding for drug addiction treatment and recovery services. The two Portland-area…
Land Board approves ‘precedent setting’ plan to put Elliott State Forest in a carbon market
Published: October 15, 2024 22:09
Oregon’s leaders decided for the first time to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful greenhouse gases to combat climate change while generating revenue from selling carbon credits. The fate of the Elliott State Forest near Coos Bay has been…
‘For a while, it looked like the whole world might burn’
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/15/for-a-while-it-looked-like-the-whole-world-might-burn/
Published: October 15, 2024 13:00
DURKEE, Ore. — Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immediately ignited a wildfire in a hard-to-reach spot in the…
Behavioral health program for young people in Clackamas County will expand in 2025
Published: October 15, 2024 12:45
A longtime provider of youth behavioral health services plans to expand its residential program that treats teenagers with mental health and addiction problems. Parrott Creek Child & Family Services in Oregon City is in the midst of a construction project…
Customers accuse NW Natural of ‘greenwashing’ in lawsuit over its carbon reduction program
Published: October 15, 2024 12:40
Oregon’s largest gas utility is facing yet another lawsuit, filed just days after Multnomah County added the company to a lawsuit related to 2021 heat dome deaths. This time NW Natural’s own customers have filed a class action lawsuit claiming the company…
Senators demand another antitrust investigation into pharmacy middlemen
Published: October 15, 2024 12:33
A federal antitrust watchdog is already conducting an investigation into and has filed a lawsuit against huge pharmacy middlemen. Now two U.S. senators want the Federal Trade Commission to open a separate investigation into an emerging practice of their…
Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year, NOAA report says
Published: October 15, 2024 12:30
A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal report said. The array of economic and environmental challenges…
Poppy seed brew triggers morphine overdose, drawing attention of lawmakers
Published: October 14, 2024 21:52
It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But for some it has been a tragedy. People have died after drinking tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds. And after eating lemon poppy seed bread or…
As Oregon firefighter and lawmaker, state Rep. Dacia Grayber is often on the front lines
Published: October 14, 2024 17:59
When Dacia Grayber was 10 years old, the chimney on her family’s home caught fire. She watched in amazement as firefighters climbed onto the roof to put the fire out. “I want to be a firefighter someday,” she told one. She still remembers his reply. …
New addiction treatment center in Gresham widens county’s deflection program
Published: October 14, 2024 14:42
GRESHAM – A new treatment center is opening in Gresham to treat young people for drug addiction and mental health issues and try to keep them out of the criminal justice system. 4D Recovery, a nonprofit that serves the Portland area, is operating the…
5th Congressional District race heats up in Chavez-DeRemer and Bynum debates
Published: October 14, 2024 12:30
The only definitive fact about the campaign for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, now fewer than four weeks from its finish line, is that it is close. The limited available polling says so, suggesting the candidates are within the margin of error of…
Immigration: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/14/immigration-where-do-trump-and-harris-stand/
Published: October 14, 2024 12:30
This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — Immigration remains at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election, with both candidates taking a tougher stance than in the past on…
Even political rivals agree that medical debt is an urgent issue
Published: October 12, 2024 12:30
While hot-button health care issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act roil the presidential race, Democrats and Republicans in statehouses around the country have been quietly working together to tackle the nation’s medical debt crisis. New laws…
4th Congressional District debate draws packed, vocal crowd in Eugene
Published: October 12, 2024 00:37
Every chair in Eugene’s WOW Hall was filled Friday afternoon for lively forum between four candidates vying to represent the 4th District in Congress. Many of the more than 100 attendees at the event hosted by the Eugene City Club appeared to have made…
Sharp divide in Oregon over bill to step up logging to prevent wildfires
Published: October 11, 2024 13:00
For the last 30 years, shrub and grass fires have burned far more acres and destroyed more property in the West than forest fires, and the same was true this season. Still, Republicans in the U.S. House – including Oregon’s two Republican representatives…
Register to vote in Oregon’s November election by Oct. 15
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/register-to-vote-in-oregons-november-election-by-oct-15/
Published: October 11, 2024 12:45
Oregonians have until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, to register to vote and receive a ballot. Ballots will be mailed beginning on Wednesday, and voters will have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 to return their completed ballots.
Oregon rural county clerks worry ranked choice voting would raise costs, undermine election trust
Published: October 11, 2024 12:45
In November, Oregon voters will decide on a statewide ranked choice voting measure that could change the way votes are tallied for federal and state offices. While the measure has strong support from advocates of voting reform, not everyone is happy about…
Like lawmakers themselves, Oregonians may not be ready for Measure 117’s ranked choice voting
Published: October 11, 2024 12:35
Oregonians have become increasingly dissatisfied with our systems of representation at the state and local level and are interested in ways to restructure our elections to better reflect their interests, according to surveys by the Oregon Values and…
Reproductive rights: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/11/reproductive-rights-where-do-trump-and-harris-stand/
Published: October 11, 2024 12:35
This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — This year’s election marks the first time voters are casting ballots for president since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the…
Unemployment ticks down, labor market remains strong, latest numbers show
Published: October 11, 2024 12:30
A month before voters cast their ballots, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing a strong labor market with growing wages, a lower unemployment rate, and the addition of 254,000 jobs to the economy. Eighty-one percent of registered…
Errors in Deloitte-run Medicaid systems can cost millions and take years to fix
Published: October 10, 2024 12:35
The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government benefits are prone to errors that can take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to update. While states wait for fixes from…
Collaboration by Oregon, Idaho and Washington’s ‘Three Musketeers’ led to golden age of governors
Published: October 10, 2024 12:30
The last vestiges of the golden age of governors passed with the death of former Washington Gov. Dan Evans. He died on Sept. 20 just four weeks shy of his 99th birthday. Evans was the last living member of what the press called the “Three Musketeers” –…
Chavez-DeRemer hears from Clackamas County, Portland business owners about crime, taxes
Published: October 10, 2024 00:22
OREGON CITY — Crime, drugs and homelessness are wreaking havoc on small businesses in Portland and Clackamas County, a small group of business owners told U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, on Wednesday. The event in an Oregon City wedding venue…
Salinas seeks range of solutions to fentanyl crisis
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/09/salinas-seeks-range-of-solutions-to-fentanyl-crisis/
Published: October 10, 2024 00:00
U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas – and Oregon county leaders in her Willamette Valley district – are looking for ways to bolster the state’s arsenal of tools to combat the fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis. Salinas on Wednesday released a list of proposals…
Gov. Kotek, Oregon Health Authority project another 465 new treatment beds
Published: October 9, 2024 23:35
Oregonians have another tool to keep track of the state’s work to expand the state’s behavioral health system. Oregon is set to add by the end of 2026 another 465 beds for people in need of residential mental health or addiction treatment, according to…
How a flooded North Carolina factory could impact Oregon hospitals
Published: October 9, 2024 22:11
Hospitals in Oregon are taking steps to conserve their supply of IV fluids, normally a cheap and readily available type of medications, after flooding from Hurricane Helene has knocked out a key U.S. supplier indefinitely. The IV fluids in short supply are…