Floyd Prozanski

Two representatives of Eugene Emergency Physicians went before an Oregon Senate Committee in Salem Thursday, to address issues related to emergency department staffing changes in Lane County.

The bill was proposed after the murder of a Colorado woman who's husband was stalking her online.

Oregon lawmakers are advancing legislation that would set ground rules for automatic license plate reader technology.

The City Club of Eugene hosts Julie Fahey (D), Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, and Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D) District 4 for a public forum examining priorities and challenges facing the upcoming short session of the Oregon Legislature. The forum is moderated by KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White.

Oregon lawmakers will likely consider restrictions on Automatic License Plate Reader next year as more law enforcement agencies explore the technology.

Addiction treatment services in Oregon are facing a fiscal crunch as a citizen-run oversight council has made sweeping funding cuts. One Eugene-based drop-in recovery center has lost 75% of its budget -- leaving it at risk of closure.

Senate Bill 473 would make it a crime to make public officials fear imminent violence.

A pair of Eugene lawmakers say that health care giant Optum, Inc. has agreed to release local doctors from non-compete contracts that critics said had blocked area patients from receiving needed care.

State estimates show 1,333 people will be convicted of drug possession and 533 could go to jail every year under the bill approved by Oregon lawmakers last week.

The voter-approved Measure 110 is nearing its end as the Legislature sends a bill unwinding Oregon's drug decriminalization toward the governor's desk.

Oregon's bill to recriminalize illicit drug use sailed through a joint committee that was tasked with addressing the state's addiction crisis.

Hear from two Lane County legislative leaders, Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D) and Rep. Charlie Conrad (R), about what their priorities are and what they expect may happen in the 2024 short session that gets underway in February.