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Bills seek $185 million for local public health and behavioral health workers

Despite previous funding approved by the Oregon Legislature, proponents say the spending is needed to shore up a workforce teetering on collapse. 
February 2, 2023
 
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Jackson Baures, the public health division manager for Jackson County Health and Human Services, told a legislative panel Wednesday how a presumpti