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Proposed Medicaid Tax Break For Schools And Small Businesses Fails, Causes Partisan Rift

Feb 7, 2019
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Gov. Kate Brown discusses the budget with Oregon legislators in January 2019. | JESSICA FLOUM/THE LUND REPORT.

Gov. Kate Brown Asks Legislators to Prioritize Funding Medicaid, Expects Voters To Decide On Cigarette Tax

Jan 18, 2019

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Brown Highlights Health Care, Housing In Inaugural Address

Jan 15, 2019

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Advocates Push Lawmakers To Approve Drug Injection Sites To Save Lives

Dec 19, 2018
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Game Not Over For Higher Taxes For Beer, Wine In Oregon

The Oregon Health Authority asked Gov. Kate Brown to hike taxes on beer and wine but she balked, saying it would be too hard a lift. But the issue is likely to come up again in the legislative session next year.

Dec 3, 2018
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Proposed Liquor Tax Tucked Away In Gov. Kate Brown's Budget

Brown did not ask for a tax on beer or wine in her budget but it does seek a 5 percent increase in the liquor markup -- now at 104 percent -- and a plan to double alcohol licensing fees.

Nov 30, 2018

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Gov. Brown Budget Proposal Targets Health, Housing

The governor's budget includes $722 million in revenues -- including raising the tobacco tax and increasing taxes on hospitals and insurers -- to plug the $830 million funding gap in Medicaid and ensure health care has stable funding over the next six years.

Nov 28, 2018

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OREGON GOV. KATE BROWN IN THE LIVING ROOM OF MAHONIA HALL, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN SALEM./JULIE SABATIER/OPB

Can Gov. Kate Brown Sell Oregonians On Her Vision For The State?

Oregon's governor has been in office four years yet faces a competitive race.

Oct 1, 2018

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Brown, Buehler Struggle To Differentiate Themselves On Health Care

The two main candidates in the governor’s race largely agree but still blast each other's policies.

Sep 19, 2018

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Planned Parenthood is among the groups that oppose an anti-abortion measure that will be on the ballot in Oregon in November. (Sarah Mirk/Creative Commons)

Abortion Battle Moves To Center Stage In Oregon

With an anti-abortion measure on the ballot and differences in the governor's race, abortion will be a hot-button issue in the next few months.

Aug 8, 2018
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