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The Oregon Health Authority gave $1.2 million to two programs promising to help residents mired in the state’s drug addiction crisis, following approval of the grants last year.

Oregon Health Authority officials have canceled three grants that received more than $2 million in Measure 110 for drug addiction services.

The Oregon Health Authority gave $1.2 million to two programs promising to help residents mired in the state’s drug addiction crisis, following approval of the grants last year.

Wagers on March Madness is up five-fold this year, as sports betting booms. Experts worry a surge in gambling addiction, depression and suicide will follow (C1)

The Oregon Health Authority is facing mounting questions from agency staff and disability advocates about its system that determines whether vulnerable Oregonians receive the mental health care they need.

The Oregon Health Authority is facing mounting questions about whether vulnerable Oregonians receive the mental health care they need.

For the first time in more than four years, the Oregon State Hospital is in compliance with a federal order that requires the psychiatric institution to admit certain patients within

Federal auditors have flagged problems in the Oregon Health Authority’s oversight of mental health grants, including the potential misappropriation of more than half a million dollars. Their review, obtained by

An audit shows the state approved the use of federal funds for the expansion of a facility, which is not allowed.

Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the states pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes.