Bill to reduce corporate influence in health care dies in Oregon Senate https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...&cvid=cda58559bc604d218c7736c36bc3f844&ei=117 Thank our Oregon congress for allowing corporations to keep their fingers... in your health care.
On Beaverton’s downtown streets, Oregon’s housing and addiction crises play out https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/o...&cvid=0e6b1c887bb54e28b26a2c31d5f18372&ei=119 Getting worse out here. I don't like going grocery shopping due to the homeless that are almost always in front of the store we go to.
‘Mega-rare’ bird spotted at Oregon’s Hug Point is first sighting in U.S. history https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...n&cvid=9f168503bcf74399a28f333b6a7a941f&ei=24
Emails Show Gov. Tina Kotek Overruled Staff’s Qualms About First Lady’s Role Kotek’s top staffers fought hard to ensure the first lady’s work in the governor’s office fit into legal, ethical and administrative structures. The governor had other ideas.
This is the individual who decided to ignore the voters and allow self service gasoline. This is also the individual who unilaterally decided that every Oregon city provide a designated homeless encampment, including basic services (or be fined until you comply). I'm NOT saying these are necessarily bad things, just that it is not particularly collaborative government. While I believe her heart is generally in the right place, she has a very long history of believing herself the smartest individual in any room in which she is present. I'm all for progress, but being a bulldozer (or being overly sensitive to legitimate constituent concerns) just because you can isn't always effective governance.....she has the chops to be a very good governor. The jury is still out on whether she has the humility.
2 Oregon towns have some of the dirtiest air in the U.S., new report finds https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2...n&cvid=d83d2f178a634274918f9218f5bc78fa&ei=80
Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years Sadly Oregon still had the second highest increase, behind only Alaska. Raw numbers here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
Yeah, Oregon and Alaska were some of the last to have been introduced to the epidemic. We're just on a later trend line than everyone else.
