Mike McInally - Oregon Capital Chronicle
5,000 Oregon nurses, doctors and others striking Friday at all Providence hospitals
A Providence strike beginning Friday is the largest by health workers in state history, and the first involving a doctor's union.
Oregon plan to ease child welfare regulations sparks early opposition
A state senator says a proposal aimed at encouraging treatment and placement of children with complex behavioral needs would undo laws passed to protect those children.
Oregon task force ends work without unity on recommendations about raising alcohol taxes
The task force was created to consider recommendations on raising alcohol taxes, a contentious issue in Oregon, with strong pushback from the industry. Advocates against addiction want Oregon to raise alcohol taxes, saying it would reduce consumption, but industry experts dispute that.
Psilocybin industry will focus on fine-tuning first-in-the-nation program in 2025
Hundreds of specialists are now trained to guide patients in supervised psychedelic trips in Oregon.
BOLI runoff pits former state lawmaker against civil rights attorney
Cheri Helt, who owns a restaurant in Bend with her husband, and lawyer Christina Stephenson both want to be Oregon’s next labor commissioner.
VOTE 2022: Candidates for governor face economic challenges ahead
Oregon’s economy is challenged by the shift away from a natural resources base, flattening population, and persistent impacts from the pandemic. The top candidates for governor hash out the issues and how they would chart the state’s economic course.
Oregon needs thousands of construction, government workers to close housing gap
Experts told a state House committee that the state also needs more available land, more units and a cut in development costs.
Many Oregonians will have to vote again on psilocybin
On a recent Monday evening, as a heatwave broiled Philomath, elected officials debated what’s been a hot topic this summer throughout Oregon cities and counties: Should they opt out of Measure 109, the initiative legalizing limited use of the hallucinogen psilocybin,…