Debunking Myths about Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax

As the conversation around Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) grows, so do the myths surrounding it. As the Regional Destination Management Organization for the Oregon Coast, we’re invested in making sure that our communities are healthy and sustainable long term– both for visitors and for l...

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Tribes, 34 organizations, receive $23 million to support home repairs

OHA’s Healthy Homes Grant Program seeks improved housing conditions, health outcomes for low-income residents to prevent displacement PORTLAND, Ore.— Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has awarded $23 million to repair and rehabilitate homes of low-income residents to eliminate risks to residents’ ...

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Demolition underway at SOU’s Cascade Complex

(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Cascade Complex, an obsolete cluster of nine residence halls and a cafeteria that have been largely unused since 2013, is being demolished over the next three months to make room for the anticipated development of a senior living center on the five-...

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Construction underway on SOU’s latest solar projects

(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making headway in its march toward becoming the first public university in the U.S. to produce all of the daytime electricity used on its campus, with more than $5 million in recent state, federal and student funding and multiple projects underw...

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Oregon health care workforce growing, but challenges remain

Further support needed to train, recruit and retain diverse health professionals statewide SALEM, Ore. — While Oregon continues to make progress in bolstering and diversifying its health care workforce, challenges remain and more work is needed, concludes an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) ...

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Oregon DEQ awards $1.2 million for community-based waste prevention projects

DEQ awarded $1.2 million in Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine grant funds to 14 recipients in 11 counties across Oregon that stood out for their vision, creativity, and potential to make a meaningful difference in waste prevention. DEQ received 110 applications from across the state in which applicants demon...

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Oregon joins $17 million multistate enforcement settlement with Edward Jones

Salem – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR), a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co. L.P. (Edward Jones) resulting from an investigation into the broker-dealer’s supervisi...

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State finalizes redo of wildfire hazard maps, prepares new rules for high-risk property owners

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 8, 2025 Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps of wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 106,000 tax lots are in high-risk spots that could be subject to new building and landscape codes. Those property owners, who hold nearl...

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