Amelia Templeton
Oregon Public BroadcastingAmelia Templeton is a multimedia reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. She was previously a reporter for EarthFix, an award-winning public media project covering the environment in the Northwest. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. Amelia has also worked as a freelance journalist for NPR, American Public Media's Marketplace, and CBS News. From 2007 to 2009 she was a Refugee Policy Analyst with Human Rights First in Washington, D.C.
She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College.
Amelia enjoys hiking, exploring the Northwest, and raising chickens in her backyard.
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The bill would require health care facilities to monitor federal immigration officers and exclude them in some situations. -
One of the potential statewide measures vying for the November ballot is calling it quits. -
The proposal is part of a package of bills that attempt to bolster the rights of immigrants targeted by the federal government’s deportation campaign, which Democrats have called a top priority for the current short session. -
Oregon is joining cities, unions, and states across the country that have filed lawsuits alleging pharmacy benefit mangers and pharmaceutical companies intentionally drove up the price of insulin and diabetes drugs. -
State officials said they were pleased with the award, which comes as Oregon braces for billions in Medicaid cuts over the coming decade. -
One major challenge in implementing and evaluating Measure 110 and the programs it created, auditors found, is that it has been revised heavily over the past five years. -
The state has seen 1,475 confirmed cases so far this year, according to state health officials. -
A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians. -
The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that people who receive SNAP food assistance would receive 100% of their November benefits on Friday. -
Open enrollment starts in November for people who don't get health insurance through their employer. Prices are up and government subsidies are in limbo this year. -
Here’s a look at what we know about where to get the shot in Oregon, who can get it — and what's happening with state and federal health agencies that are offering conflicting guidelines. -
The four-state group, which includes Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii, formed a vaccine policy alliance after concerns about partisanship at the CDC.
