Oregon Democrats announce $400 Million package to respond to and prevent homelessness
Oregon State Legislature | Feb 25, 2022 | Oregon
Q&A: Rachel Prusak wraps up the legislative session
Patrick Jones | Jul 1, 2021 | Oregon
Oregon launches $500 Emergency Relief Check Program
Oregon State Legislature | Aug 19, 2020 | Oregon
Oregonians testify in support of Family Support and Family Networks during budget meeting
Emily Boerger | Jul 24, 2020 | Oregon
Oregon’s Joint Ways & Means Subcommittee on Human Services met Thursday to hear testimony on proposed budget cuts ahead of the Second Special Session planned for later this summer. During the meeting, 35 individuals offered feedback on the $180.3 million in human services cuts outlined in the state budget re-balance
House health committee discusses impacts of climate change on public health
Emily Boerger | Mar 4, 2020 | Oregon
Oregon’s House Committee on Health Care held an informational meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health. The meeting comes after a coalition of 500 Oregon health professionals and organizations signed the “Call to Action on Climate, Health, and Equity” last month. The committee heard
5 Things Oregon: Retirements in the legislature, "What You Missed," John Kitzhaber
DJ Wilson | Dec 12, 2019 | Oregon
2019 has been a big year for us at State of Reform. We held our 8th annual conference in Portland, and now host State of Reform in 13 markets (crazy, right?) More importantly, perhaps, we recently hired Madeline Shannon of The Newport News-Times to help us cover Oregon health policy
Oregon legislative retirements may shift the "political center of gravity" on health policy
Tom Holt | Dec 11, 2019 | Oregon
Tom Holt is the Managing Partner at The Holt Company, a Government and Public Affairs firm based in Portland, Oregon. A growing list of Oregon legislative retirements may shift the political center of gravity on health policy to the House going into the 2021 Session. At last count, 16 of the
2019 Oregon State of Reform Keynote: One on One; Sen. James Manning
Emily Boerger | Nov 22, 2019 | Oregon
Our Lunch Keynote session at the 2019 Oregon State of Reform Conference featured four unique leaders, approaching the challenge of health reform from diverse perspectives. Our host, DJ Wilson, sat down with these leaders where he asked forward-looking questions in hopes of leveraging their experience to better understand the road
5 Things Oregon: Salem insiders, Lessons from CCO 1.0, "One on One Conversations"
DJ Wilson | Nov 7, 2019 | Oregon
Next week, we hold our 2019 Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference, one of the state's largest, most important health care and health policy events on the calendar. We'll have almost 400 folks in the room at the Hilton downtown, but it won't be quite the same without you! So,