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Legislature Punts On Liability Protections For Health Care Providers, Passes Other Bills

Lawmakers extend eviction moratorium, pass rental aid for tenants and landlords and allow restaurants to deliver cocktails and mixed drinks.

Dec 21, 2020
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Multnomah County new drug addiction program starts small

Oregon’s largest county has launched a new program to reach people in drug addiction

Sep 19, 2024

Dr. Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician and Democratic lawmaker, speaks at the CCO Oregon conference in Salem in Sept. 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s only pediatrician in Legislature offers new approach to help vulnerable children

Recently sworn in as a state senator, Dr. Lisa Reynolds wants to address poverty, mental illness and other social challenges she has seen in her medical practice in her 'Momnibus' bill

Dec 12, 2024

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Oregon universal health insurance proposal draws praise, fire

Bill would task a new board to craft a single health plan covering all 4 million Oregonians

Mar 21, 2023
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Harmony Academy in Lake Oswego. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

‘Hard to get sober young’: Inside one of the country’s few recovery high schools

Oregon Lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand the recovery high school model described in this story across the state

Apr 6, 2023

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At some Oregon hospitals, inpatient psychiatric units face uncertain future

Hospital behavioral health units are chronic money losers because insurers fail to cover the full cost of care

Feb 13, 2024

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Oregon Children Ages 12-15 Can Get Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccinations Starting Thursday

But the expansion won’t alter the state’s decision to remove many social and business restrictions when 70% of the overall population 16 and older has been vaccinated.

May 12, 2021

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