Gov. Kate Brown has teamed up with a group of her fellow Democratic governors across the nation to loudly condemn the Trump administration for its position in a lawsuit that could end health coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions.
The joint administrator for the Public Employee Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board, Kathy Loretz, has stepped down and state officials say they are determined to fill the void she left while avoiding errant hires of the past.
The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid coverage to poor adults with incomes as high as 138 percent of the federal poverty level, but a quirk in eligibility determinations leaves thousands of workers with seasonal incomes without Oregon Health Plan benefits.
The Legislature pushed through a big tax break for 6,000 mostly wealthy Oregonians, allowing sole proprietorships to pay a reduced tax rate currently enjoyed by S-corporations and limited liability corporations.
