Help Wanted: Advocate Seeks Senior Reporters – Editors-at-Large
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These are Oregon’s 50 Highest Paid State Employees
The Portland Business Journal has released a list of the 53 highest paid employees of the state of...
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Oregon Supreme Court Orders Attorney General to Revise Ballot Measure Draft
The Oregon Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to redraft Initiative Petition 13 due to misleading...
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Oregon Lottery’s New App Takes Bets Up to $250,000
The Oregon Lottery is releasing a smartphone app to facilitate gambling on professional sports, potentially as soon as...
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Oregon Grocery Workers Ratify New Contract
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 555 have ratified a new three-year contract for grocery...
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A Wild Ride May Have Brought Deadly Fungus to Oregon
It kills almost a third of its victims, and it’s everywhere – but don’t worry, infections are actually...
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OSU Holds Flash Panel on Impeachment Inquiry
On Friday, the School of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University held a flash panel about...
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State Public Records Czar Departs, Issues Scathing Report on Government Fees
Oregon hired Ginger McCall as their public records czar only eighteen months ago, her last day will be...
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Teacher’s Union Objects to Drug Initiative’s Impact on School Funding
What’s in a name? Plenty, according to one of Oregon’s most powerful unions. The Oregon Education Association filed...
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Francesco’s Gelato Going Out of Business After 16 Years
Downtown mainstay, Francesco’s Gelato, is closing its doors after 16 years in business. The announcement was made last...
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Corvallisites Carry Second Highest Student Loan Debt in the Nation
People in Corvallis carry more student loan debt than residents of any other town in America, save one....
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Men’s Shelter Clears Barrier, Could Go Year Around
The emergency men’s shelter in South Corvallis could go year around, and it could happen soon. Currently, the...
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Council Approves Dorm, Rejects Caldwell Farms Project
There will almost certainly be a lengthy appeals process, but City Councilors affirmed their approval of the Oregon...
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CitySpeak: State of the Press
We journalists have some things to say, and a humor all of our own, so mark your calendars...
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Corvallis High Schools Have Made Vaping Risks Clear for Years
With the death of two individuals in Oregon tied to vaping, one in July and one in September,...
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Oregon’s Medicaid Model Reduces Preventable Hospitalizations, Study Finds
Oregon Medicaid enrollees are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation of the...
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Merkley and Wyden Announce Legislation Helping Students With Past Drug Convictions
Currently, would-be college students with a prior felony conviction are barred from key tax credits that would help...
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OSU Studies Self Driving Car Safety, Uses Miniature Cars
An autonomous systems expert at Oregon State University is helping to lead an effort to build research infrastructure...
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