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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBA legislative hearing earlier this year highlighted that a child welfare watchdog doesn't have a ton of independence. -
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A coalition of contractors has argued the move is an unconstitutional power grab.
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The change follows reporting of one troubled chain that was allowed to expand despite racking up a big debt. -
The Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area committee will reopen its application process for its second general public seat after Gov. Tina Kotek asked the committee to ensure the member is bilingual. -
Top Republicans called for Fagan鈥檚 resignation, and leading Democrats cited major concerns in the wake of the Secretary of State鈥檚 decision to moonlight for a cannabis company amid an audit into the industry. -
Gov. Tina Kotek announced the move Thursday, saying Oregon patients will have access to the abortion pill regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides. -
Kotek is doubling down on her insistence that lawmakers find money to pay for her big three priorities 鈥� housing, education, and behavioral health. -
The money, approved early in the legislative session, will build more shelter beds, help prevent evictions, devote resources to rural counties and help homeless youth. -
Oregon Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Tina Kotek to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding top executives and managers at the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, who diverted specialty bourbons away from public consumption for their own personal use. -
Patients with a history of opioid use would get increased access to overdose reversal medications under a bill backed by Gov. Tina Kotek and top legislative leaders. -
OPB's "Think Out Loud" host Dave Miller talked with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek about homelessness, affordable housing, education and other top challenges facing the state. -
Gov. Tina Kotek has chosen the new chairman of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which is under investigation for corruption. -
Oregon lawmakers plan to spend nearly $200 million within the next few weeks to address housing and homelessness, describing it as a 鈥渄own payment鈥� with more to come. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing a budget that represents an historic high in school funding during a time of historic need. But some K-12 and higher education experts argue it isn鈥檛 enough.
