On March 7, Oregon’s legislative session adjourned on March 7. During the 30-day session, the legislature considered multiple environmental bills that were a priority for the Environmental Caucus…
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Organized labor notched several legislative wins in the five-week “short session” of the Oregon Legislature that ended March 7…
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The Oregon Legislature this week passed the EMS Modernization Act of 2024 (HB 4081), a policy framework more than 20 years in the making that begins to address inefficiencies in Oregon’s emergency medical system, after years of ranking near the bottom in national surveys…
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There are a lot of uncertainties when it comes to catastrophic weather events or natural disasters. But there are also a few certitudes: More are coming, and Oregon is not ready…
The city of Salem will no longer contest the benefits’ claim by the widow of a Salem firefighter, City Manager Keith Stahley announced during a City Council meeting Monday night…
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The Oregon Legislature has passed first-in-the-nation legislation to clear barriers to emergency HIV prevention drugs…
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The Oregon State Senate today approved a transformative “Buy America” bill (HB 3332), which will retool the state’s procurement practices and greater align state buying power with current robust federal domestic standards…
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A firefighter for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue in her day job, Grayber, 48, rocketed to the top of this year’s rankings. “Smart, tough and a quick learner” was a typical assessment…
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Senate Bill 592A to improve the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement and investigation tools passed the Oregon State House today in a bipartisan 35 to 23 vote and now moves on to the Governor to be signed into law…
The state House on Tuesday passed a firearms bill that would ban untraceable guns, raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase powerful firearms like semiautomatic weapons and allow local agencies to ban firearms on government property…
