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1 day ago | 
oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Oregon senators rebuked Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to override her veto of a bill that would strengthen and expand protections for Oregon’s foster youth.
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2 days ago | 
news-journal.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
News stands outside Uwajimaya Asian Market in Beaverton on June 13, 2025. A bill that would require tech companies to compensate Oregon newsrooms like these failed to pass the Oregon Senate on Tuesday. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle)A novel proposal that would mandate tech companies to pay local journalism outlets for using their news content failed to gain steam in its first floor vote in the Oregon Senate on Tuesday, effectively killing its chance to pass this year.
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3 days ago | 
oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Patients wandering the halls. Waste and fecal matter on the floor. Exit doors left open without any employees on duty for supervision. Stories like these took center stage in the Oregon Senate on Monday, when lawmakers overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 739, a bill that aims to enact stricter oversight for Oregon’s long-term and memory care facilities.
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1 week ago | 
oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Rep. Hòa Nguyễn, D-Portland on Friday returned to the Oregon House in her first official public appearance since announcing she was undergoing treatment for advanced cancer in February. “I felt like I have a second chance at life now, by some miracle, whatever, all the prayers and affirmations really help,” she said on the House floor on Friday, surrounded by many of her colleagues and staff wearing face masks.
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1 week ago | 
portlandtribune.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Published 6:43 am Wednesday, June 18, 2025 The legislation cleared a budgeting committee Tuesday after lawmakers balked at the state’s fiscal outlook and declining revenueGov. Tina Kotek’s statewide homeless shelter support program advanced Tuesday out of a budgeting committee to the House floor, despite widespread dismay that Oregon’s latest attempt at combatting homelessness is falling short.
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1 week ago | 
salemreporter.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Gov. Tina Kotek’s statewide homeless shelter support program advanced Tuesday out of a budgeting committee to the House floor, despite widespread dismay that Oregon’s latest attempt at combatting homelessness is falling short. Kotek’s shelter program, and much of the rest of her more than $800 million recommended homelessness budget, took a haircut amid decreasing revenue from economic uncertainty due in large part to trade wars and President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
news-journal.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
The Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency in Salem converted this ARCHES Lodge into a shelter and transitional housing. Projects like these could get a boost in funding and resources under a new statewide homeless shelter framework that was sent to the House on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation)Gov.
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1 week ago | 
oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
Gov. Tina Kotek’s statewide homeless shelter support program advanced Tuesday out of a budgeting committee to the House floor, despite widespread dismay that Oregon’s latest attempt at combatting homelessness is falling short. Kotek’s shelter program, and much of the rest of her more than $800 million recommended homelessness budget, took a haircut amid decreasing revenue from economic uncertainty due in large part to trade wars and President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
The Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency in Salem converted this ARCHES Lodge into a shelter and transitional housing. Projects like these could get a boost in funding and resources under a new statewide homeless shelter framework that was sent to the House on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation)Gov.
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1 week ago | 
news-journal.com | Shaanth Nanguneri
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pictured. The federal agency recently released two reports that prompted Oregon health officials to seek more resources for treating Hepatitis C.(Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Oregon has clocked in at the top of a nationwide database for rates of hepatitis C, prompting state health officials to call for increased resources aimed at stemming the disease’s impact on Oregon’s most vulnerable communities.
