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Xtwitterx will not let me post any links to the Oregon Legislature's bill information website. And it will probably bury this post. Why am I on here? #orpol
I'm On the Record on KLCC klcc.org/podcast/oregon-on-t…
Three years ago, #Oregon lawmakers passed a law that was supposed to ensure #transgender patients could get medically necessary care. But under federal pressure, state regulators have dropped efforts to make sure it's working. #orpol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
#Oregon regulators backed off hefty licensing fee hikes on legal #psilocybin business. But the program still has a projected budget shortfall and calls for more transparency persist. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
OHA just announced that it will drop its proposed fee increases on the state's psilocybin businesses. The fee hikes would have doubled annual licensing costs across the #psilocybin supply chain, drawing concerns #Oregon's mushroom experiment would collapse.oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Civic assemblies and other varieties of lot-based #participatory #democracy are having a moment globally, including in #Oregon. I made you some journalism about its unexpected history in Oregon and its potential to reshape politics. oregonhumanities.org/rll/mag…
The push for #single-payer health care in #Oregon continues. But how to pay for it all remains a daunting challenge. #orpol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
‘I don’t think the industry can survive this’: Oregon regulators propose steep psilocybin fee hikes #orpol #oregon oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
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My latest out today: Facing lawmaker scrutiny, Oregon Health Authority boss doesn’t dwell on state hospital’s past failures lookouteugene-springfield.co…
#orleg #orpol #MentalHealthIssues
Officials say the 'camping ban' is meant to offer resources to homeless Portlanders. None of them are tracking whether it’s working. streetroots.org/news-stories…
State's Psychiatric Security Review Board stalls patient discharge, critics say streetroots.org/news-stories…
ICYMI Some patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck there for months streetroots.org/news-stories…
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Get on train. Hear music/radio chatter playing behind me. I get up and ask the woman playing it: Do you have headphones? She tells me: No, she's playing the music on her glasses, she can turn it down
Meta glasses can also blast music? We need to join the ICC to prosecute Zuck.
Some patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck there for months streetroots.org/news-stories…
#Legislators mull methods to reincarcerate people released from #Oregon #prisons in error. #orpol streetroots.org/arts-and-ent…
“The charges have been dismissed. They are living free in the world. They’re working. They’ve got families. The question is, are we going to compensate them for having been in prison when they shouldn’t have been?” #orpol #oregon streetroots.org/news/2026/01…
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump's plan to send National Guard to Illinois upi.com/6841766527762 via @upi
It is complete bullshit that I have to rely on a nonprofit to get documents that are already public. But I still gave them money, and you should too. freelawproject.app.neoncrm.c…