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Providence nurses picket in Seaside, Oregon on April 27, 2023. | COURTESY OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Providence nurses and clinicians in Portland and Seaside are latest to move toward strike

Nurses and clinicians at three Providence facilities announced that they plan to move forward with a strike if they can’t reach an agreement with management over caseloads and pay

Jun 6

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St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. | KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

St. Charles nurses in Bend move forward with strike plan

Bargaining sessions are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. If those fail, a strike would start June 12.

Jun 2

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Planned Parenthood clinic. | COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Report: Threats against abortion providers spike, especially in states like Oregon, Washington

Providers in those two states reported a total of 1,687 incidents of picketing outside their clinics according to data from the National Abortion Federation

May 30

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Some of the drugs, guns and cash confiscated by law enforcement in Oregon and Western Washington in a single month, April 2023. Drugs, especially fentanyl, are coming into the state in unprecedented quantities. Photos provided from Vancouver Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening drug crisis

Fueled by fentanyl, the number of overdose deaths in Oregon has soared since 2019. And while the surge in overdoses is part of a national problem, the state’s underfunded treatment system is struggling to provide local solutions.

May 30

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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Nurses at St. Charles Hospital in Bend vote to authorize strike

Negotiations between union, hospital are set to take place this week

May 22

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Abortion pills. | PHOTO BY VALASIURUA/WIKI COMMONS

Abortion pills are being challenged in federal court, but how do they work?

Medication abortion has become the most common and safest method of abortion in recent years. Here’s how it works.

May 16

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Cathy Jonas, at her mental health practice, Epic Healing in Eugene, Ore., March 17, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon approves final link in legal psychedelic mushroom pipeline

Legal sessions are anticipated to cost hundreds or thousands of dollars

May 9

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The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Nurses union alleges St. Charles Health System committed staffing violations

A new bill in the Oregon legislature could create penalties for such violations

May 9

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Oregon state senators prepare for a floor session on March 21. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Republican senators walk from Oregon Capitol as vote on contentious abortion bill nears

GOP senators have been threatening in recent weeks to deny Democrats a quorum. Their effort could test new voter-approved rules.

May 4

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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland in 2016. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Wyden on court rulings and the battle over access to abortion drug mifepristone

A conversation with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who has been advocating for protecting access to mifepristone for Americans

Apr 25