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Numbers released by the Oregon Health Authority show expected declines after the pandemic hit but do not include an infusion of federal cash or revenue from the resumption of nonemergency procedures.

Federal officials focused on four coordinated care organizations operating in 2016 and 2017. The Oregon Health Authority said it is now trying to hold them more accountable.

Sen. Sara Gelser said plans to improve Oregon’s widely criticized behavioral health system did nothing for a segment of the population.

The university has backtracked on its plan to raise tuition by up to 7% and withdraw a promise to freeze tuition, after lawmakers kept the university’s funding largely intact.

The move marks another redo by the authority over policies created without the input from minorities and communities of color.