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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Oregon lawmakers wrapped up the 2024 short legislative session on Thursday night after muscling through a remarkable number of high-profile policies in a little more than one month. -
Those two measures, along with House Bill 4134, will send a total of $376 million toward boosting housing production, funding infrastructure like roads and land acquisition and supporting renters. -
The governor has made housing and homelessness some of her top priorities. A previous version of the $500 million bill failed last session. -
Oregon legislative session kicks off Monday; 5 things to know. -
People who lost their homes in the 2020 Labor Day fires could be eligible to receive direct financial help from an Oregon state grant to repair, rebuild or replace their homes. -
Independent watchdog鈥檚 draft report obtained by OPB argues that 鈥渨hole child care鈥� and changes in state agencies are required to stop this practice. -
Oregon cancels contract with nonprofit that places foster care kids in unlicensed short-term rentalsOPB wrote about the nonprofit Dynamic Life Inc. last month, noting the organization grew at a shocking rate over a short time fueled by taxpayer鈥檚 dollars and placed children in unlicensed short-term rental homes. Several attorneys and children鈥檚 advocates raised questions about the type of care children were receiving when placed with Dynamic Life. -
Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order Tuesday that forgives unpaid traffic fees and court fines for about 10,000 people so they can get their driver鈥檚 license reinstated. -
The state鈥檚 approach to funding K-12 education is not easy to comprehend, and the Portland Public Schools strike has shoved the thorny issue into the political spotlight. -
Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she plans to spearhead a statewide conversation over how to address the myriad of systemic challenges plaguing the state鈥檚 public school system. -
State officials are paying a religious nonprofit more than 100 times the amount they pay foster care parents to watch vulnerable children in unlicensed short-term rental homes. -
The investigators recommended pulling the audit despite finding no evidence it was compromised or that Fagan or others exerted influence over the final product. But they noted there were warning signs that Fagan could compromise the integrity of the audit.
