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The Capitol Building in Salem, Ore., on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon lawmakers consider expanding insurance coverage for gender-affirming care

A bill aimed at strengthening access to abortion and gender-affirming care would require insurers to pay for laser hair removal and facial feminization surgery

Mar 27, 2023

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Portland school district teaches advocacy group’s substance-use curriculum

Some middle and high schoolers in Portland Public Schools learn about harm reduction from the Drug Policy Alliance, a pro-drug legalization group

Mar 23, 2023
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The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nevada, funded by a mix of federal and state grants. | WENDY MADSON

Mobile clinics got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast a wider safety net.

Last fall, Congress passed a law that gives qualified health centers flexibility to use federal funding for mobile units

Mar 23, 2023

The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Kotek taps OHSU lobbyist to help run Oregon Health Authority

State will pay Oregon Health & Science University $20,000 monthly for its employee’s services

Mar 23, 2023
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A group of rural Boardman residents assemble in a garage to speak with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley about nitrates in Boardman, Ore., Jan. 20, 2023. | ANTONIO SIERRA/OPB

‘We’re not going away.’ EPA pressures Oregon to clean up groundwater pollution

The EPA can step in and require the state to clean up pollution under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Mar 23, 2023

An empty hallway is pictured at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities (NORCOR) jail in The Dalles, Ore., Monday, July 31, 2017. | CONRAD WILSON/OPB