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Agenda 2013: Pot pressure mounts in Salem
This week, says Measure 80 sponsor Paul Stanford, he'll start the process of qualifying a successor for the November 2014 ballot.
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Portland unemployment falls to 7.5 percent
Jennifer Helmbold and Derek Palmer set a table at downtown Portland's Raven & Rose last week.
Vermont is 4th state to legalize assisted suicide
After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives.
Oregon investigations uncover food stamp fraud
Most people use them honestly and correctly, but we're hearing more and more about people who are cheating the system by doing things like selling their food stamps for cash.
One key premise in the health care law is that, when insurance companies compete on an evening playing field, premiums will drop.
The need to get more doctors, nurses into rural Oregon
Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney advocates paying the tuition and fees of up to 40 OHSU medical and dental students in exchange for their commitment to work in underserved, mostly rural, communities.
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Occasional raindrops do little to help drying state
When Oregonians can rototill their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know it's drier than usual. Experts say that through May 10th, it has been the driest start to the year on record at the Eugene and Salem airport weather stations, and the second driest start at Hyslop Farm in Corvallis and the Medford Airport.
Oregon's food processors think export markets in Asia hold untapped opportunity
Oregon's immense harvest moves through Norpac's automated packaging plant with a metallic click and pneumatic hiss.
Oregon official felt pressure from pro-fluoride Upstream Public Health about dental study
Mel Rader, a co-director of Upstream Public Health and a fluoride advocate, sits next to Angel Lambart and her daughter in December.
Sen. Jeff Merkley is dragged into controversy surrounding IRS scandal on tea party groups
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is being dragged into the partisan infighting surrounding revelations that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly targeted Tea Party groups seeking non-profit status.
Breaking the chains of history
When Greg Nokes of West Linn found out that one of his Oregon ancestors was a slave owner he was surprised to say the least.
Talk to people in Oregon about health care for long and eventually you will be asked something like this: "You've heard the air conditioner story, right?" In this case, it's John McConnell, a health economist at Oregon Health and Science University, doing the asking.
The Oregon Medicaid study: What does it tell us?
Recently, an article by Kate Baicker and colleagues came out in the New England Journal of Medicine .
Nevada couple sentenced for Oregon welfare fraud
An Oregon judge has sentenced a Nevada couple who received $229,000 in unjustified payments from state and county agencies and an insurance company.
Health group didn't disclose HIV tests, apologizes
Kaiser Permanente Northwest is apologizing to nearly 6,500 members in Oregon and Washington whose blood was tested for HIV without their knowledge or consent.
John Kitzhaber's plan for tax, PERS bargain gets mixed reaction
Gov. John Kitzhaber gave lawmakers a plan -- and a day -- to come up with an agreement on taxes and cuts to public pensions.
Nokes' book breaks the chains of history - Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:00
When Greg Nokes of West Linn found out that one of his Oregon ancestors was a slave owner he was surprised to say the least.
Oregon gets first peek at health insurance market - Wed, 15 May 2013 PST
This is what competition looks like: One health insurer wants to charge $169 a month next year to cover a 40-year-old Portland-area non-smoker. Another wants $422 a month for the same standard plan.
Soon, ride the 'Mt. Bachelor' or 'Mt. Jefferson'
More than 1,200 people participated in a month-long ODOT survey to name Oregon's new Talgo passenger trains, and the winners rose easily above the others: Mt.
OSU Pres. Ed Ray challenges you to support OSU-Cascades
The Oregon Community Foundation is challenging Oregonians to support the expansion of OSU-Cascades in Bend to a four-year school with a pair of matching grants totaling $500,000. The Oregon Community Foundation is banking on Oregonians to rally behind plans to expand the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend.