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Senate Judiciary Death with Dignity
Drs. Sharon Quick and Brick Lantz (upper panels), as well as psychologist Angela Plowhead (lower left), testify against a bill that would make far-reaching changes to the Oregon Death with Dignity law during a Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on March 3, 2025. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Senators hear passionate arguments over how terminally ill patients end their lives in Oregon

Critics, including the Oregon Medical Association, say a proposal to update state’s Death with Dignity law would rush the process with harmful results
Mar 4
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The Oregon House of Representatives convenes on inauguration day at the Capitol in Salem, Ore., Jan. 9, 2023. On Feb. 27, 2025, the House passes a bill to raise billions of federal dollars for Oregon's Medicaid program by a margin of 40-15, with six Republicans voting to approve. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House

Without legislative action both taxes will sunset in the next two years, leaving a $1.1 billion hole in the state’s budget
Mar 1
Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. | COURTESY BAY AREA HOSPITAL.

Union wants to keep Coos Bay hospital in public hands

With a Tennessee-based firm poised to take over operation of Bay Area Hospital, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 says a few changes and a temporary loan are what's needed to get the facility breaking even again
Feb 27
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Cliff Bentz
U.S. Congressman Cliff Bentz speaking with attendees at the American Conservation Coalition's 2023 Summit at the Salt Lake City Marriott City Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. | COURTESY/GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz defends cutting federal spending, discusses Medicaid cuts

The GOP congressman said that health care will be focus of potential cuts and suggested their will be a work requirement to be eligible for Medicaid
Feb 27
h5n1
Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus particles. The image incorporates two CDC transmission electron micrographs that have been inverted, repositioned and colorized by NIAID. | COURTESY/CDC AND NIAID VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

As bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data

The avian influenza virus has killed millions of wild birds and led to emergency culling of commercial flocks
Feb 27
Julie Fahey and Ben Bowman
Oregon House Speaker Julie Fahey (left) and Majority Leader Ben Bowman during a press availability in January 2025. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Revamped Oregon effort to curb corporate medicine faces first test

An earlier push stalled in the face of national opposition from private equity and corporate interests, but sponsors say tweaks to the bill give them hope
Feb 27
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The Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council discusses during its July 3, 2024 meeting a new formula for grants that is intended to set a funding floor for rural counties. | SCREENSHOT

Lawmakers want to change how Measure 110 funds are spent

Local officials don't like spending decisions made by a volunteer oversight council
Feb 26
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FILE - A person sleeps outside a tent at one of the most populated homeless camps near downtown Vancouver in this 2021 file photo. A nonprofit will operate a motorhome-style vehicle in Vancouver to provide behavioral health and addiction services for unsheltered people. | TROY BRYNELSON/OPB

Vancouver finalizes contract for first mobile opioid treatment program

The motorhome-style treatment center will bring services to shelters and encampments.
Feb 25

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