The University of Oregon’s faculty union is garnering support for its Oregon Compact for Higher Education.

It’s a response to a compact the Trump administration proposed to move universities toward the president’s priorities.

More than a thousand unionized Starbucks employees are on strike. They say they won’t go back to work until Starbucks gives them what they want — a fair contract.

Host lead-in: Across the country, unionized Starbucks workers are on strike. The workers say the company won’t bargain with them in good faith for a fair contract. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup takes us to workers picketing in Seattle.

Pierce County’s health department is preparing to lay off nearly two dozen staff members.

KNKX reporter Mitch Borden has more.

Four companies on the Columbia River will be compensated a combined $140 million as part of the project to replace the Interstate Bridge between Oregon and Washington. OPB's Erik Neumann reports.

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The Oregon Health Authority has found two providers and three insurance plans had unreasonable cost increases in 2023.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White reports.

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The Oregon Health Authority has found two medical providers and three insurers had unreasonably high healthcare cost increases in 2023.

Some people who live near marijuana stores may be more likely to need health care or mental health care related to their drug use.

A new study by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy shows that’s true for Medicaid users. Those health effects increase as the number of retailers in a neighborhood also increases.

A new study from the school of forestry at Oregon State University uses **satellite imagery** to look at tree damage from the unprecedented heat dome in 20-21.