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Damian Dovarganes/APA legislative task force studying the public health impacts of alcohol abuse and whether to raise alcohol taxes for addiction treatment has ended its work without endorsing any specific recommendations. -
Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital ChronicleOregon lawmakers last week previewed some of their ideas to build more homes and lower rents and home prices for Oregonians struggling with the high cost of housing.
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The Legislature spent $218 million to cover the costs of the most expensive fire season on record. -
City leaders around the state want more authority to remove encampments they deem problematic. Homeless advocates say it鈥檚 a distraction from real solutions. -
This year鈥檚 record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months. -
The only pediatrician 鈥� and medical doctor 鈥� in the state Legislature treats vulnerable children in her practice and now she鈥檇 like to help them as a policymaker. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's proposed two-year budget boost spending on three of her core issues 鈥� even if it crowds out some other priorities. -
With the passage of a key election deadline, Democrat Lesly Munoz has prevailed over Republican state Rep. Tracy Cramer. -
State agencies say they don鈥檛 have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month. -
New report from a state work group offers dozens of suggestions to improve Oregon鈥檚 civil commitment process -
Carl Riccadonna says the state should expect billions more in tax revenue than his predecessor predicted. That could mean a much bigger "kicker." -
Gov. Tina Kotek and other top Democrats have been more reserved than their counterparts in many other blue states. Republicans say that鈥檚 a good thing. -
While the GOP won big in Washington, D.C., Beaver State Republicans didn't gain ground this year. -
A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant鈥檚 ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California鈥檚 public universities don鈥檛 use legacy admissions.
