KOIN

By 2023, the minimum wage will be around $15 an hour

Statesman Journal

Health care, including reproductive care, is a basic human right. No one should be denied coverage or access to the full range of prenatal and postpartum care to ensure their own and their children’s health and safety.

Oregonian

As The Oregonian reported last week, efforts to fix our broken tax system officially broke down, forcing our state to wait even longer for the revenue changes we need to strengthen our schools and increase access to childcare, health care and higher education.

Portland Tribune

As the executive director of Human Solutions, a nonprofit agency that delivers solutions to the housing crisis, I write in support for House Bill 2004 and to respond to the Portland Tribune's recent editorial ("Fix the housing bill while there is time," April 13, 2017.)

Oregon Business

The words “mandated paid family leave” tend to cause a mild panic in the hearts, minds and pocket books of small business owners.

Think Progress

Immigrant rights are women's rights. 

Street Roots

200 U.S. cities have successful programs that could serve as models for Portland

Register-Guard

Rights don’t matter if you can’t use them.

Portland Tribune

Legislation lifts ban on rent control, outlaws most no-cause evictions after six-month trial period.

KATU

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new bill being considered by Oregon legislators could help workers with paid leave time if you work for a series of reasons.

Register-Guard

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers, anticipating federal abortion restrictions and health-care cuts, considered a proposed law Wednesday that would ban interference in terminating a pregnancy and would ensure full reproductive health care coverage.

OPB

A bill supported by both Republicans and Democrats in the Oregon Legislature would extend the Oregon Health Plan to cover children who are undocumented immigrants. Republican Sen. Jeff Kruse explains the bill.

Portland Tribune

The bill from Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is designed to root out racial profiling.

Rewire

"There have been times," said 20-year-old Llondyn Elliot, "where I could not afford prescriptions or doctors' visits, and because of lack of funds was not able to access care."

KATU

SALEM, Ore. — Dozens of people rallied outside the state capitol Thursday to show their support for House Bill 2004.

Statesman Journal

More than 17,000 children are currently excluded from the Oregon Health Plan because of their residency status.

KVAL and KATU

SALEM, Ore. — Despite the Trump administration’s promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Gov. Kate Brown is moving forward with her plan to extend health care for children in Oregon.

Register-Guard

The Nov. 8 election was a reminder that when our shared economic and social interests are divided, racism, sexism, fear and hate can spread.

Portland Tribune

The writers say, we must continue the work to tear down barriers that have left our communities struggling for generations. It's time that everyone who calls Oregon home - regardless of our racial background, our gender, the language we speak or where we're from - has a fair shot.

New York Times

If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, coverage of birth control with no co-payment is one of many benefits that Americans could lose. Now legislators in Oregon have introduced a bill intended to protect access to birth control in the state, along with a broad range of other reproductive health care services, including abortion.