Oregon will get one of its most consequential financial updates of the summer Wednesday morning, when state economists present a new accounting of the money flowing into state government and the economic forces likely to shape revenue through the remainder of the current budget cycle.…
Oregon’s 2026 election calendar enters an important stage this week as candidates, political parties and election officials approach a series…
A newly filed constitutional initiative has entered Oregon’s political system more than three years before voters could potentially decide its…
A federal judge has invalidated a Trump administration policy that suspended immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, overturning…
Oregon’s next transportation budget is taking shape around an estimated $200 million funding gap that could eliminate nearly 550 positions…
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Many ancient records describe people living far beyond the lifespans common today, and while their world lacked modern pharmaceuticals, their medical systems were built largely on plants that carried powerful biochemical patterns. Plants and humans have interacted for thousands of years, and across that long history, the biochemical patterns inside…
Oregon is preparing to take financial and operational control of a major piece of its individual health insurance system, moving more than 100,000 consumers away from the federal HealthCare.gov enrollment platform and onto a…
Parasitic infections can present physicians and laboratories with a complicated diagnostic challenge. Although modern testing can identify many intestinal parasites with considerable accuracy, no diagnostic method detects every infection in every patient. The biology…
Cryptosporidium is one of the most widespread waterborne parasites in the United States, yet it remains almost invisible in public conversation, and this silence is becoming increasingly difficult to justify. Every year, an estimated…
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The final full week of August has arrived in Josephine County, bringing families across Grants Pass and surrounding communities to…
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A wind-driven wildfire sweeping across the rugged landscape northwest of Reno has forced tens of thousands of residents from their homes, injured civilians and first responders,…
