John Kitzhaber News

A rundown of some of the top stories being produced in The Oregonian and OregonLive.com newsroom on Friday, Dec. 6: Gov. John Kitzhaber signed off Friday on tax assurances for Intel, the same guarantees Nike got from the Legislature last year when the sports apparel company promised a major expansion of its Oregon operations.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , Dec. 6 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small, nonfarm businesses in the Oregon counties of Crook , Deschutes , Jefferson , Linn , Marion , Wasco and Wheeler are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business ... (more)

Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts describes police response to mall shootings, referring to a floorplan of Clackamas Town Center during a press conference last year.

Gov. John Kitzhaber ordered all flags at public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday, Dec. 9, in memory of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president who died Thursday at age 95. 'Nelson Mandela led an incredible and inspiring life,' Kitzhaber said.

Gov. John Kitzhaber said Friday that the state's legislative lawyers misread the law when they determined Oregon's insurance commissioner was out-of-bounds to allow some insurers to extend health plans into 2014.

Governor Kitzhaber and Intel Corporation have entered into an agreement ensuring the semiconductor manufacturer will add at least 500 jobs and invest $500 million in an expansion of its D1X plant in Hillsboro.

Federal money is still available for the proposed Columbia River Crossing , according to Gov. John Kitzhaber , who said Friday that the controversial bridge and highway project remains on track.

Jack Roberts, the former state labor commissioner, says he had no plans to seek the Oregon Lottery director job until the governor offered it to him.

Gov. John Kitzhaber joined hundreds of Coordinated Care Organization representatives today in sharing success stories and outlining the challenges ahead in reducing costs, while delivering better quality care to Oregon's Medicaid population.

Keynote speaker for The Skanner News group's 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast is Dr. Bruce Goldberg, Oregon Health Authority director recently tapped as temporary executive director of CoverOregon.

Gov. John Kitzhaber and representatives of the Obama administration have signed an agreement for sharing scarce water in the Upper Klamath Basin, where irrigation was shut off to ranchers last summer after the Klamath Tribes exercised newly awarded water rights to protect fish.

Southwest Portland residents opposed to the sale of Water Bureau property to a developer are raising funds to hire an attorney.

A bill signed by Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber last June may have ended any talk of a composting facility in the Stafford area, but S&H Landscape Supplies & Recycling never intended to abandon the property.

The Oregon Supreme Court received its first legal challenge this week to the Legislature's grand bargain over reductions to public employees' pension benefits.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is one of nine public officials named as Governing magazine's public officials of 2013.

Cover Oregon says if you want your coverage to start on Jan. 1, you have to submit your application online, postmark it, or fax it by December 4th.

Two months ago, Nike Chairman Phil Knight dangled a tantalizing offer before Oregon Health & Science University : the promise of $1 billion-cash-to finance expansion of the cancer institute that already bears his name.

A task force made up of ranchers, the Klamath Tribes and others is wrapping up work on recommendations to end decades of conflicts over water in the Upper Klamath Basin.

Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes will join a panel discussion of poverty at the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit, which opens Monday morning.

Cover Oregon was able to sign up almost 3,000 Oregonians to potentially obtain health insurance through the state's troubled health insurance exchange during application fairs it hosted across the state.