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Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday she plans to spearhead a statewide conversation over how to address the myriad of systemic challenges plaguing the state’s public school system.
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OPB’s “Think Out Loud” traveled to Salem to talk with Gov. Kotek about housing, behavioral health, the 2024 legislative session and more.
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Kotek is getting ready to dole out $240 million that could lead to more than $40 billion in investments.
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Eugene’s mayor is calling on Oregon’s governor and the state health agency to keep her city’s sole hospital in operation.
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At the end of the 2023 legislative session, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek used her veto power to nix state funding for two studies, totaling $600,000, intended to research the impact of Oregon’s laws prohibiting prostitution. In doing so, she stepped into a centuries-old debate about whether or not the world’s oldest profession can ever be entered into voluntarily — or if it is a legitimate form of work and should instead be decriminalized.
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The payment represents a major piece of the $260 million lawmakers set aside for the industry this year.
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Gov. Tina Kotek has previously denied the claim that she fired former OLCC Director Steve Marks earlier this year at the behest of a controversial cannabis entrepreneur.
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The state has spent about $25 million housing 462 kids in foster care in hotels since 2018. State of Oregon officials regularly spend more than $2,560 per kid, per night (which includes lodging, staffing and food) to house a child in temporary lodging.
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Lawmakers have fewer than three weeks left to work through their differences.
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With both parties unwilling to budge on a bill tackling abortion and transgender care, the 2023 session appears stuck.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced plans Thursday to create what she’s calling the Early Literacy Educator Preparation Council.
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Gov. Tina Kotek has not been able to convince Republican lawmakers to return to Salem.