MEDFORD, Ore.– UPDATE: Nurses from Providence Medford Medical Center passed a new two-year contract agreement with the hospital on Saturday night. The 287 registered nurses, represented by Oregon Nurses Association successfully voted to ratify the contract after eight months of ...
Medford, Ore. – The city council heard from both the Southern Oregon Historical Society and Kid Time tonight. Ultimately, they voted 7 to 1 to award the lease to Kid Time. Its lease of the J.C. Penney building downtown ends ...
Grants Pass, Ore.- The need to upgrade both Grants Pass Middle Schools is obvious. “Hallways are crowded, bathrooms are an issues, we’re not ADA compliant, and we don’t have central heating and air so classrooms get hot,” Garry Penning, Grants ...
Medford, Ore. — Jackson Care Connect was one organization hoping for a ‘yes’ vote Tuesday night. Now, the CEO said the office is celebrating. The coordinated care organization serves more than 30,000 members each year. While the CEO was confident ...
Salem, Ore.- Oregon’s House approved legislation Wednesday to ban the practice of “lunch shaming” in schools. HB 3454 is modeled after similar laws adopted in other states that are meant to prevent students from being publicly embarrassed when their parents ...
Salem, Ore.- A bill to allow Oregon teenagers to preregister to vote is heading to the Governor’s desk. Senate Bill 802 would allow 16-year-olds to preregister to vote when they go to the DMV. Under current Oregon law, an otherwise qualified ...
Washington, D.C.- Republicans abruptly pulled their health care bill from the House floor on Friday, just minutes ahead of a planned vote, dealing a devastating blow to efforts by President Donald Trump and the GOP to repeal and replace Obamacare. ...
Washington, D.C.- House Republican leaders abruptly postponed a planned vote on the GOP health care bill Thursday as they struggled to find sufficient support to pass it. GOP lawmakers have been told procedural votes on the bill will still be ...
Washington, D.C.- With just hours to go before a scheduled House vote, Republican leaders are still working to secure the 215 votes necessary to pass the health care bill that would largely repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also ...
Medford, Ore. — Each year dozens of Jackson County citizens are invited to take part in the local election process. They verify signatures, prepare the ballots, and tally the votes. But who are they? And how did they get involved? ...