Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines
outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday, June 19 as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike.
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After nearly 10 hours of negotiations over the weekend, top lawmakers arrived at a tentative framework for rescuing the 2023 session. Both sides stress a deal hasn’t been made.
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, 2023
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St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.
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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, 2023
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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.
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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, 2023
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St. Charles Health System in Bend.
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