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Politics & Government
How an ethics investigation led to a packed sheriff’s race in Klamath County
Roman Battaglia
Seven candidates are running to replace Klamath County Sheriff Chris Kaber.
Donna Yutzy cleans the gutters of her home from flammable debris in the Magalia area of Butte County on Nov. 4, 2023. State law prohibits the use of landscaping plants and any flammable materials within a five-foot radius of the house.
Manuel Orbegozo
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CalMatters
Wildfire
Californians are protecting themselves from wildfire. Why is there still an insurance crisis?
Levi Sumagaysay
Oregon State University in Corvallis is one of the most expensive public four-years in the state to attend. The university, along with the six other public universities in the Oregon, is raising tuition for students next year.
Maia Insinga
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Oregon State University
Education
Tuition to rise again at Oregon’s seven public universities
Alex Baumhardt
Aimee Kotek Wilson, left, and her wife, Oregon’s Gov.-elect Tina Kotek, arrive at the press conference. “I know that we can make things better, fix things, come together,” Kotek said at her first press conference following the election.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Politics & Government
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek apologizes, walks back plan to expand her wife’s role in administration
Dirk VanderHart, Lauren Dake
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Nurses at Providence Newburg Medical Center picketing on March 18, 2024.
Oregon Nurses Association
Labor & Employment
Providence Medford nurses stage informational picket campaign during contract negotiations
Jane Vaughan
The 400 nurses and caregivers in Medford are represented by the Oregon Nurses Association. They’ve been bargaining with Providence since January, but a contract has not been finalized.
FILE: Coos Bay Harbor Entrance Viewpoint, near the Charleston Marina, where potential floating offshore wind turbines might someday be seen. Photographed on Dec. 7, 2023.
Monica Samayoa
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Federal agency announces next steps for Southern Oregon offshore wind energy
Monica Samayoa
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin chairs a hearing in the Oregon Legislature on Sept. 28, 2023.
Ben Botkin
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Law and Justice
Facing a class-action lawsuit, Oregon DHS subpoenas senator’s emails before she testifies
Ben Botkin
Dave Henslee and Diane Linthicum are competing in the Republican primary for state Senate District 28 in central and southern Oregon. No Democrats are running so the primary winner will have the job.
Campaign photos
Politics & Government
Race for Linthicum’s Klamath Falls Senate seat pits his wife against county commissioner
Ben Botkin
FILE: With the Interstate 5 bridge in the background, a person walks a dog on Feb. 13, 2024, in Vancouver, Wash.
Jenny Kane
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Climate change is fueling a rise in heartworms among dogs, cats in the Pacific Northwest
April Ehrlich
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A bill before the California Legislature would give the attorney general oversight of large private equity transactions in health care. Here, a patient room sits in the emergency room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Health and Medicine
Doctors vs. hospitals: A bid to regulate hedge funds is dividing California medical groups
Ryan Sabalow
Some of the most influential and wealthy groups in California politics are squaring off over legislation that would give California’s attorney general oversight of private equity firms and hedge funds acquiring major health care institutions.
Late at night, a group of police in black riot gear stand in a group on the street, right underneath a streetlamp.
Kelby McIntosh
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JPR News
Politics & Government
Police arrest protesters at Cal Poly Humboldt, campus remains closed
Roman Battaglia
A vending machine in the lobby of the Clackamas County Jail dispenses free opioid overdose reversal kits to the public.
Ben Botkin
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Health and Medicine
California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug
Adam Beam
California's Office of Health Care Affordability handed down a regulation that aims to limit rising health care costs by capping industry spending increases. Here, a nurse checks on a patient in the emergency room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Health and Medicine
A new California rule tries to hold down your health care costs. Here’s how it works
Kristen Hwang
Mario Ramirez Garcia does homework on April 23, 2021.
Anne Wernikoff
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CalMatters
Education
Will less homework stress make California students happier?
Lynn La
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