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Measure 110 would eliminate criminal convictions for low-level drug possession while setting up a system focused on recovery programs.
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The measure would add $2 to a pack of cigarettes in Oregon, which has the lowest cigarette taxes on the West Coast. It would also tax vaping products.
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Lawmakers who worked to plug the budget hole took a nip-and-tuck approach rather than slash and burn. Still, advocates are worried about behavioral health care funding.
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Health care officials and providers say Oregon faces a "new normal" and must prepare for the worst as the pandemic continues.
Gov. Kate Brown has promoted her deputy health policy advisor following the retirement of her top health policy official.
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Tina Edlund, who is currently on leave, will stay on part-time to deal with COVID-19 issues.
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A proclamation obtained by The Lund Report says there is an "urgent need" to reblance the state budget and “ensure delivery of benefits and benefit programs to Oregonians.”
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The health care industry should share power to address disparities that impact communities of color, panelists said.
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When Brown set up her Behavioral Health Advisory Council in October 2019, advocates and medical professionals had high hopes it would spark meaningful change. Instead, it's turned into a missed opportunity, critics say.
Oregon’s legislative budget writers have released a framework to guide the Legislature when it goes about the bloody task of carving up the state budget.
