On May 21, the House Committee on Veterans and Emergency Preparedness took testimony on Measure 96 funding dedicated to County Veteran Services Officers (CVSOs). Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs (ODVA) Director, Kelly Fitzpatrick kicked off [...]
Owners of Oregon’s more than 1,000 aging tide gates will have access to new engineering tools that will help them replace their tide gates, with funding announced this week to help expedite tide gate replacement [...]
Following up on last week’s article: What’s Happening with PERS?, the Legislature expedited movement on Senate Bill 1049 A, the Public Employee Retirement (PERS) reform bill, after introducing and adopting a complex amendment with funding. [...]
A bill to increase health care transparency and accessibility for users of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), Senate Bill 134 B, is on the move in the Legislature. The bill requires Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) [...]
During infrastructure week (May 13-17), National Association of Counties (NACo) and partner organizations highlighted the significant role counties play in infrastructure through advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C. Counties across the nation own and maintain 46 [...]
In 2015, the National Association of Counties (NACo) in collaboration with the Council of State Governments and the American Psychiatric Association launched Stepping Up, a national initiative to reduce the number of people with mental [...]
A bill to make Oregon’s land use laws more flexible for rural Oregon has cleared the final hurdle in the legislative process before it goes to the Governor’s desk. Senate Bill 2 would [...]
Nine Oregon County Commissioners attended the National Association of Counties (NACo) annual Western Interstate Region (WIR) conference May 15-17 in Spokane, Washington. At the conference, commissioners worked with their colleagues from the 15 western states [...]
Commissioner Craig Pope (Polk County) and the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) County Solutions program recently secured a $10,000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) to address place-based water planning and align community and [...]
Two children and youth mental health bills marked as a priority of Governor Kate Brown and legislative leadership are gaining momentum as the Oregon State Legislature reaches the downhill slope of the 2019 Session. With [...]