Most of the sports projects included in $40 million the 2024 Legislature approved are well known, like the $15 million toward a stadium for the Hillsboro Hops and the $7.6 million for a stadium for ...

The City of Salem is considering ending its contract with Falck Northwest and taking over emergency medical service response due to slow response times and the private ambulance provider not meeting ...

Group of college students studying around a table. Almost all the oldest universities in the United States are private colleges. Harvard and St. John’s College, for example, were founded before the ...

Oregon’s private companies are adopting a cautious yet agile approach as they navigate slowing growth, workforce challenges, capital constraints and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), according ...

Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, as well as a professional caregiver and administrator at home care agencies. She works as a writer and researcher, helping care providers create patient ...

Salem Health reported $50.8 million in losses in 2024, citing inflation, regulations, and low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates. Oregon hospitals are facing financial difficulties, with over ...

Lawmakers in Oregon are considering a bill for the second time that would impose stricter regulations on corporate ownership of physicians’ offices and medical clinics, The Oregonian/OregonLive ...

About two dozen projects aimed at saving imperiled fish and amphibians are getting a share of $10 million, the first round of grants to come out of Oregon’s landmark agreement on managing private ...

Complex economic forces shape the U.S. healthcare landscape, with private equity (PE) firms promising efficiency and growth in the medical sector while simultaneously sparking debate. On June 9, 2025, ...

For decades, Oregon’s public pension system has been kept afloat by a gusher of income from its investments in private equity, opaque private partnerships that typically buy companies, manage them, ...