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The U.S. Department of Labor ruled last year that home care workers are entitled to more rights than had been long assumed, including overtime. Oregon, which is heavily invested in these workers to care for seniors and people with disabilities, might have to increase pay for this work by $38 million a year.

Portlander Michelle van Ryn, a leading expert on the training, explains how it works and how it can make the health care industry better.

The same organizations that created an Eastern Oregon CCO eight years ago will offer a supplemental Medicare Advantage plan for seniors.

Facing issues similar to Oregon, Washington state hopes new facilities will make more room for justice-involved patients at its state psychiatric hospitals.