Addressing Oregon's opioid crisis and reforming Ballot Measure 110 were among top priorities for legislators during the 2024 short session. HB 4002 and its companion funding bill, HB 5204, passed the legislature overwhelmingly with [...]
Oregon is receiving millions of dollars from a federal grant program to help reduce gun violence, and the state is seeking a county representative to help decide how to spend the money. The state [...]
Over $10.6 million in funding has been signaled for Improving People’s Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services (IMPACTS), a new program and an Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) policy priority for the 2019 Legislative [...]
Three AOC Steering Committees met jointly on January 8 during AOC Day. The impetus for the joint meeting was to increase awareness regarding the fact that much of AOC’s work crosses over “committee jurisdictional boundaries,” [...]