Lauren Dake
Oregon Public BroadcastingLauren Dake is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Lauren spent nearly a decade working as a print reporter. She鈥檚 covered politics and rural issues in Oregon and Washington.
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New leaders at two affiliates want to dissolve the advocacy group that has fought to protect abortion access in Oregon. -
Ki Soon Hyun's death outside a Sandy memory care facility has put a bright light on significant issues in Oregon. -
The settlement stipulates Disability Rights Oregon and the state will agree upon a 鈥渘eutral,鈥� an expert to oversee the foster care system and work with the individual to improve the child-welfare system, primarily by reducing the rate of mistreatment and improving the quality of placements. -
In early returns Read had an overwhelming lead over with 72% of the vote as of 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday. -
In 2019, a national advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services, alleging the state mistreats children in its foster care system and has failed to fix glaring problems. Five years and millions of dollars later, the next trial has been delayed as the two sides near a settlement agreement. -
Emails released Friday confirm that senior members of the governor's team had questioned Aimee Kotek Wilson's expanding role. -
Kotek has replaced her top three aides whose departure was tied to First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson鈥檚 growing role in the governor鈥檚 administration.
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Oregon鈥檚 long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month. -
The governor said she wanted more information on specific projects, including two in the Rogue Valley, that are part of the housing package approved by the Legislature earlier this year. -
The state鈥檚 licensing officials waited nearly one month after her death to enter the care facility, according to a damning investigation released by the Oregon long-term care ombudsman this week. -
Oregon Department of Administrative Services staffer Meliah Masiba has been appointed adviser for the 鈥淥ffice of the First Spouse鈥� starting March 25. -
Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls and Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas are two of eight state senators prohibited from running again for state Senate after participating in extended walkouts last year.
