By Lynne Terry – Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon joining bipartisan group of states suing TikTok over accusations of addicting young people
Oregon's attorney general is alleging TikTok violates the state's consumer protection laws through manipulation and a deliberately addictive design.
Oregon joins federal antitrust lawsuit over rental pricing software
The lawsuit, joined by eight states and Washington D.C., alleges that RealPage’s software helps landlords keep rental prices high, even in a down market.
Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned
The season has likely not peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened and several dozen homes destroyed.
State offers more free water testing in Umatilla Basin as locals say state still not doing enough
Well water in areas of Umatilla and Morrow counties continues to be tainted with nitrates from agricultural and industrial waste. Hundreds of households haven't had their water tested.
Oregon expands free Medicaid health insurance to tens of thousands more people
Individuals who earn about $30,000 a year or families of four who earn $62,400 a year now qualify for new Oregon Health Plan Bridge coverage.
Oregon is first state to join free filing option for federal taxes
The state and federal free tax-filing software programs will be linked to make tax filing less of a painful experience.
Climate change devastating to some marine species, OSU study indicates
Certain species failed to recover after a near record heat wave that stretched from Alaska to Baja California and an epidemic that decimated certain starfish populations.
Oregon joins federal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster, saying public hurt
Long-standing complaints about Ticketmaster’s practices hit a peak in 2022 when its botched rollout of Taylor Swift tickets led to a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
More Oregon students are missing vaccines, worrying health officials
Last school year, Oregon had the second highest nonmedical vaccine exemption rate in the country. Now, about 9% of kindergarteners are forgoing vaccines against diseases like measles.
Q&A: Secretary of state candidates answer our questions
Half of the eight candidates for secretary of state responded to our questionnaire: Democrats Tobias Read, Jim Crary and Dave Stauffer and Republican Tim McCloud.