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Across vast stretches of rural America and particularly in the West, emergency care—or even basic routine healthcare—can be hard to come by. People drive hours for eye exams, to give birth, have their teeth cleaned, or get therapy. Robert Duehmig, director for the Oregon Office of Rural Health, works towards solutions that fit rural and remote communities in Oregon. He discusses what's working, what needs work, and how philanthropy can support healthcare in these communities.

Rural healthcare is much the same and also very different from state to state across the country. State rural healthcare associations, hospital associations, and offices of rural health all tackle issues that support hospitals and healthcare providers' ability to provide care in tier communities. On this week's episode, hosts JJ and Rachel speak with Robert Duehmig, Director of the Oregon Office of Rural Health. Follow Rural Health Rising on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ruralhealthpod https://twitter.com/hillsdaleCEOJJ https://twitter.com/ruralhealthrach Follow Hillsdale Hospital on social media! https://www.facebook.com/hillsdalehospital https://www.twitter.com/hillsdalehosp https://www.linkedin.com/company/hillsdale-community-health-center https://www.instagram.com/hillsdalehospital/ Audio Engineering & Original Music by Kenji Ulmer https://www.kenjiulmer.com/

In the last few years, the state has come under intense criticism from civil rights advocates for its failure to provide constitutionally mandated defense attorneys to people charged with crimes if they cannot afford them. A 2022 report by the American Bar Association found the state had barely a third of the lawyers it needed to represent defendants who qualified for a public defender.  Since then, lawakers and state officials have significantly increased capacity and made structural changes aimed at remedying the crisis, including providing additional funding — but challenges remain. In May the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an earlier ruling in the Betschart case that mandates that defendants may not be held in custody for more than seven days without a lawyer.   The Oregon Public Defense Commission, formerly known as the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services, has hired about a dozen trial-level public defenders in three offices around the state, the first such attorneys who work directly for the state as employees, not contractors. On Wednesday, Executive Director Jessica Kampfe presented a plan to the Commission that would increase that number to 40 in the next year and also extend a temporary program that raised the hourly rates of the defense attorneys the state contracts with to represent defendants. Kampe joins us to explain the changes that have already been made in the public defense system and the changes she expects over the next 10 years. 

A recent economic forecast by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis shows that state lawmakers have more than $500 million to spend than previously expected. Still, much of the money has been accounted for and a slow population growth could negatively affect Oregon’s economy in the future. Mark McMullen, the state economist, joins us with details of the forecast.    

The Oregon Office for Community Dispute Resolution supports 12 centers across the state where trained mediators help community members settle disagreements before they go to court. Housed within the University of Oregon law school, the office also provides the basic training needed to begin the process of becoming a court-appointed mediator. It recently offered its first series of trainings entirely in Spanish, in what might be the first program of its kind in the country. Veronica Bañuelos led the workshops, and Gabriela Buamscha participated in them. They both join us, along with OOCDR Administrator Patrick Sponsler, to talk about the need for Spanish-speaking mediators in Oregon.

The acute lack of public defenders in Oregon has been nothing short of a constitutional crisis. An American Bar Association study released last year confirmed the state had only a third of the public defense attorneys it needed to ensure the civil rights of those accused of crimes. There were about 600, but about 1,300 more were needed. Defendants have had to be released because there were no public defenders available to take their case, and others are still in jail awaiting representation. A year and a half later, the nearly $100 million that state lawmakers allocated to hire more attorneys and help restructure the system is beginning to have a positive effect. That’s according to the executive director of the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services, Jessica Kampfe. She joins us to talk about the progress and what’s still needed to ensure defendants’ civil rights.

Oregon Office of Rural Health and the organization Age+ is teaming up with several other entities on a Forum on Aging in Rural Oregon next week in Seaside (May 15-17). Sarah Andersen, Field Services Director for OORH and Age+ President Stephanie Hooper.

On today's episode of The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast we are wrapping up Women's History Month with a good friend of mine, Erin Taylor.Get To Know Our Guest For more than 15 years, Erin Taylor has dedicated herself to advocating for health equity and promoting wellness by helping eliminate barriers and health disparities for disabled people throughout Oregon. She does this by interweaving equity, inclusion, and accessibility throughout her work and being intentional in her commitment to diversifying awareness of the vast range of disability experiences and identities. Ensuring that disabled people's voices are heard, their intersectionality is acknowledged, and their needs are met is imperative in Taylor's work. Even though Taylor's roots are with people with intellectual disabilities, she does her current work through a cross-disability lens.Taylor holds an M.A. in Disability Studies from City University New York (CUNY) and a B.A. in Communications Studies focusing on Community Health Education from Western Oregon University. She has built a strong foundation as a master trainer with expertise in creating accessible, universal, and inclusive materials for trainings, workshops, and curricula for Oregon Health and Science University's Oregon Office on Disability and Health and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. During the pandemic, Taylor saw a need to bring education and awareness around disability because of the injustices she saw. She recognizes that the topic of disability is very complex, nuanced, and layered, so Taylor and her partner started AIM-4-Access (Accessibility and Inclusion Matters). Creating a business allows Taylor and her partner to hold space for these conversations in ways that will leave people understanding the 'why' you should care to make our world inclusive and accessible. This business also allows Taylor to bring her passion for health promotion back into her work.Erin identifies as having non-apparent disabilities and is deeply involved and integrated with her peers from the local cross-disability, LGBTIA2S+, and social justice communities. In her free time, Taylor is a musician who enjoys photography and the beauty of the PNW. She enjoys kayaking, camping, hiking, and spending time at the coast with her partner and two dogs, Millie and Lilah.Email: Taylorridler@aim-4-access.comClick the link below to register for the United Spinal Association's TechTalkshttps://unitedspinal.org/events/techtalks/Stay Connected to the PodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ramp.it.up.podcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZoeOnWheelz/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZAnH8I6sGEf7SJ9OKw8dEAEmail: rampituppodcast@gmail.comSupport the show

After growing up in rural Southeast Alaska, Orion studied business and social entrepreneurship at the University of Oregon where he received the Oregon Student Impact Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2013. While finishing school, Orion co-founded Orchid Health with the vision of creating a new model of primary care that better serves both healthcare professionals and patients alike. Over the past eight years, Orion has served as the visionary behind growing Orchid from 1 rural health clinic in Oakridge, Oregon, to a network of four integrated rural health and school-based clinics in some of Oregon's most under-resourced communities. Early in his journey, it became clear that in order to best serve their communities, it was imperative that Orchid first redesign the healthcare workplace focusing on creating a healthy environment for team members. This resulted in Orchid shifting its primary focus from patient experience and population health to employee wellbeing and joy in work. The Orchid relationship-based care model has achieved success across the quadruple aim including being recognized as one of Oregon's top places to work in 2021, averaging a 9.5 out of 10 when asking patients “would you recommend Orchid to family and friends”, achieving a 40% reduction in Medicaid ED utilization over a three year period at its first rural health clinic, and proving that it is possible for a relationship-based model of care where primary care providers see between 10 and 15 patients/day to be financially sustainable. Orion was named the 2020 Rural Health Hero by the Oregon Office of Rural Health and continues to be a vocal proponent for the need for a significant paradigm shift to occur in how healthcare organizations are structured and run to become more people-positive and complexity conscious. Orion lives in Portland with his partner and dog, loves going on van camping trips, and traveling back home to Southeast Alaska where he grew up.

Two years ago, several neighbors in Ashland quickly mobilized a response to the Almeda Fire by organizing the preparation and delivery of thousands of daily meals to displaced residents in the Rogue Valley. That community-led effort has since evolved into Rogue Food Unites, an Ashland-based nonprofit with a full-time staff and a contract from the Oregon Office of Resilience and Emergency Management to feed current and future wildfire victims in five counties in Southern and Central Oregon. In September, Rogue Food Unites launched a new program that offers produce, meat and eggs purchased from local growers and made available for free at weekly farmers markets held in Medford, Talent and Phoenix. Amber Ferguson, the co-founder and executive director of Rogue Food Unites, joins us to talk about using food to provide comfort and a sense of kinship while planning for the next disaster in the Rogue Valley and beyond.

Two years ago, high east winds ripped through huge parts of a bone-dry western Oregon, fanning existing flames and sparking new blazes. So Oregonians had plenty of reasons to be fearful heading into this past weekend when all of those same elements were in play. But while fires did increase, and many Oregonians had to evacuate, we did not have a true reprise of Labor Day, 2020. Andrew Phelps is the director of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. He joins us to talk about what did -- and didn't -- happen.

A few weeks ago, we learned that a $3 billion "kicker" rebate could be on its way. As usual, the rich would get huge checks, while the lowest-income Oregonians -- those who could really use some extra money to pay the bills -- would get chump change. In this episode, we hear from Mark McMullen, head of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, about the state of Oregon's economy and the prospects of a new kicker. We also hear from Daniel Hauser, the Oregon Center for Public Policy's Director of Strategic Policy Projects, on what's wrong with the kicker and how to reform it to serve the interests of all Oregonians.

What A Week   (5/17)Intro: (Cue intro music) Hey everyone, welcome back to What a week! I'm your host, Olivia Lee, here to deliver your weekly dose of the news. Let's get started!In Local News:  https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/more-than-20-old-town-encampments-home-to-dozens-of-people-swept-in-past-few-days.htmlLast week,  an order by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was subsequently cleared, allowing for the removal of at least 21 homeless encampments in Old Town, ranging in size from one to four city blocks, said Cody Bowman, a spokesman in Wheeler's office. An estimated 165 tents or structures were removed, according to the city office that cleans and removes camps. Typically one to three people live in each temporary home. It is unprecedented for the city to sweep so many camps in one area within three days. Bowman said in a report quote “The (Old Town Community Association) has rightly asked for an intervention to address the high rate of murder and other crimes in Old Town. They have rightly pointed out that a high number of victims murdered or injured in Old Town have been Portlanders experiencing homelessness.” At least five people experiencing homelessness have died from homicide in Portland this year. In-state news: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-crime-lawsuits-portland-2f52f54495baf53da222f55c48eba3ed This past Monday, criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys filed a lawsuit that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial. The complaint, which seeks class-action status, was filed as state lawmakers and the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services struggle to address the huge shortage of public defenders statewide. The crisis has led to the dismissal of dozens of cases and left an estimated 500 defendants statewide — including several dozen in custody on serious felonies — without legal representation. Crime victims are also impacted because cases are taking longer to reach resolution, a delay that experts say extends their trauma, weakens evidence and erodes confidence in the justice system, especially among low-income and minority groups.  The lawsuit specifically names Gov. Kate Brown and Stephen Singer, the recently appointed executive director of the state's public defense agency, and asks for a court injunction ordering criminal defendants to be released if they can't be provided with an attorney in a reasonable period of time. Oregon's system to provide attorneys for criminal defendants who can't afford them was underfunded and understaffed before COVID-19, but a significant slowdown in court activity during the pandemic pushed it to a breaking point. A report by the American Bar Association released in January found Oregon has 31% of the public defenders it needs. Every existing attorney would have to work more than 26 hours a day during the work week to cover the caseload, the authors said.    In National News: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/making-sense-of-the-racist-mass-shooting-in-buffalo https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/buffalo-tops-supermarket-mass-shooting Last  Saturday, 10 people were killed and 3 were wounded in a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on according to law enforcement officials who spoke to the Associated Press. The US attorney's office announced that the FBI was investigating the shooting as a hate crime and racially motivated violent extremism. The shooting took place at Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in the neighborhood of Masten Park, a predominantly Black neighborhood. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia described the shooter as an 18-year-old white man, and told reporters that he was wearing tactical gear and using a camera to livestream the attack. The suspect, who is eighteen, used a weapon painted with a white-supremacist slogan and live-streamed his attack. Prior to the shooting, he also allegedly posted a manifesto, which relies heavily on the so-called great replacement theory, a racist conspiracy that has become increasingly mainstream in a number of Western countries, from France to the United States.  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-deaths-1-million-biden/ Last Thursday, President Biden commemorated the 1 million American lives lost to COVID-19 in his remarks opening the second Global COVID Summit, a virtual gathering of world leaders, nongovernmental organizations and private sector companies hosted by the the White House. In recognition of the disease's high toll, Mr. Biden also issued a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on May 16. The president also urged Congress to approve more funding for his administration's COVID-19 efforts, saying the world is quote "at a new stage in fighting this pandemic, facing an evolving set of challenges." COVID-19 ranks behind only heart disease and cancer as America's leading causes of death over the past two years, claiming vastly more lives than other infectious diseases. By comparison, the flu season of 2017-18, one of the deadliest in recent decades, claimed an estimated 52,000 lives.  In International News:  https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/05/13/elon-musk-twitter-deal-temporarily-hold/9765540002/ https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-says-twitter-deal-temporarily-on-hold/ Elon Musk said this past Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is quote “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform. In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2nd citing a financial filing from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company's "monetizable daily active users" in the first quarter. Musk tweeted the following quote, "Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," end quote. Musk's tweet caused Twitter stocks to dip more than 25% to as low as $33.79 in pre-market trading early this past friday and caused a load of uncertainity into the weekend.    Lastly here is the wildcard news for the week: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1099079032/mcdonalds-leaving-russia Last week, the fast food company McDonalds announced that it will be exiting  Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, pulling out of a market it's been a part of for 32 years. The fast-food giant had previously paused its operations in Russia less than two weeks into the brutal conflict began between Russia and Ukraine.  It is reported that McDonald's wants to sell its entire operation of restaurants in the country to a Russian buyer. To prepare for that sale, it will start "de-arching" its restaurants by stripping them of its trademark signs, menus and branding.  Closing:  Well that wraps up What a Week! Stay safe and see you guys next week. 

Join us to hear two Oregon experts on ShakeAlert explain why and how ShakeAlert technology was developed, how it will warn us that an earthquake has begun and that shaking is imminent, and how that warning can save lives, property, and critical infrastructure. Althea Rizzo is the Geological Hazards Program Coordinator in the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Lucy Walsh is the Oregon Regional ShakeAlert Coordinator with the Oregon Hazards Lab in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon.

Multnomah County and the City of Portland are acting with urgency to prepare for the extremely cold weather this week. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden details how he's working to reduce prices on some prescription drugs. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management team up with Dark Horse Comics for the third in their disaster series: Without Warning: Wildfire.

We interview Dr. Althea Rizzo, Geological Hazards Program Coordinator, of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM), about WITHOUT WARNING! WILDFIRE, a comic book produced in partnership between OEM and Dark Horse Comics with the objective to help kids and teens get informed about, and prepared for, wildfires (and other hazards).  WITHOUT WARNING! WILDFIRE is available for free at Dark Horse Digital, the website for the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, and on iOS and Android apps. It's also available on Kindle, Comixology, Google Play and Apple Books.    The first two comics in the series, Without Warning! Earthquake  and Without Warning! Tsunami are available online from the same sources as well.    Support this podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/popmythology Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/popmythology           wPermyiXqbnBdeJlnvET      

The pandemic has changed the way we think of work and school drastically, but it has also changed the way we spend our time and money. In a blog post, Josh Lehner with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis found that Portland's economy is trailing behind the rest of the state. He notes more people are choosing to spend their money and dine in the suburbs, not downtown. We'll hear from Lehner on how the pandemic has changed the way we spend our money and the future of Portland's downtown.

Tri County Lead Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines on latest Covid news; Director of Oregon Office of Emergency Management Andrew Phelps on heat safety; Fire Chief on Yamhill water emergency; Grae Drake on movies; Beaverton School District volunteer on clothes for kids

Intro: (Cue intro music) Hey everyone, welcome back to What a week!, I'm your host, Olivia Lee, here to deliver your weekly dose of the news. Let's get started!In Local News: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/02/winter-storm-closes-portland-area-roads-limits-trimet-max-bus-service.htmlLast week, Portland's massive snow storm compelled officials to urge residents to stay home while the snow and ice were creating dangerous driving conditions throughout much of the Portland metro area. Public transit options have been limited for the past week.  As of last Sunday night, the TriMet restored limited MAX Blue Line and bus services after suspending all transit lines last saturday morning due to dangerous weather conditions. Portland General Electric called the ice and wind storm, which began last Thursday, the worst in the last 40 years. The utility said more than 4,400 power lines had come down in the storm, knocking out power to 376,000 customers. The storm is not over yet but hopefully by the time this podcast comes out, the conditions have dialed down. In-state news:https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2021/02/gov-kate-brown-declares-extreme-weather-state-of-emergency-in-9-counties.html Governor Kate Brown declared a state of emergency this past saturday over severe weather that left parts of the state covered in ice and snow and led to power failures, transportation shutdowns and communication problems. Brown said in a statement quote “The weather that set in yesterday and continued overnight has left extensive damage with hundreds of thousands of Oregonians without power,” The emergency declaration allows the Oregon Office of Emergency Management to begin using people, equipment, and facilities from other agencies to deal with the emergency. The National Weather Service Portland reported that as of this past saturday at 4 a.m, its office had recorded 7.9 inches of snowfall since 12:01 a.m. last Friday.  In National News:https://www.npr.org/2021/02/13/967665748/winter-storms-across-the-country-bring-snow-and-ice-to-millions-of-americansIt looks like we have a common theme throughout the news this week: Weather. Multiple winter storms brought snow, ice and dangerously cold temperatures to many parts of the country over the long holiday weekend. According to the national weather service, more than 100 million Americans were under some sort of winter weather advisory this past Saturday. In its forecast, the weather service warned of a "myriad of winter weather hazards across the continental U.S." over the coming days, including heavy snowfall throughout the Pacific Northwest and icy weather and slick travel conditions in the mid-Atlantic.https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/2021/02/13/967539051/trump-impeachment-trial-verdict-how-senators-votedhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/feb/14/donald-trump-impeachment-acquitted-senate-trial-joe-biden-live-updatesNow let's talk about the impeachment trials. Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial ended Saturday with his acquittal by senators, who were acting as jurors in the proceeding. Trump faced a single impeachment charge, incitement of an insurrection, for his role in provoking the U.S. capitol riots on  Jan. 6th.  The trial ended in just five days, with both sides choosing not to use the full time allotted by trial rules. Every democrat and seven republicans voted to convict Former President Donald Trump.  The remaining 43 Republicans voted to acquit. The 57-43 vote fell short of the two thirds needed for impeachment. According to Buzzfeed news, the vote was the most bipartisan in the history of US impeachment trials.  Just moments after Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Trump of inciting the riots, he made a speech on the Senate floor  blaming Trump for being responsible for the violent Capitol hill riots. This speech contradicted his position in the impeachment trials. McConnell stated “Fellow Americans beat and bloodied our fellow police. They stormed the Senate floor. They tried to hunt down the Speaker of the House. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because they'd been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth because he was angry he'd lost an election… Former president's Trump's actions preceding the riots were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty.”In International News: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/ebola-kills-four-in-guinea-in-first-resurgence-of-disease-in-five-yearsCOVID-19 is no longer the only deadly virus making front page coverage. Guinea, a country in West Africa, has entered an Ebola QUOTE “epidemic situation” with seven cases confirmed, including three deaths. These new cases mark the first known resurgence of Ebola in west Africa since the 2013-16 epidemic that began in Guinea and killed more than 11,300 people across the region. The virus was first identified in 1976 in (Ziiiear)Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/unexplained-covid-19-cases-prompt-first-lockdown-new-zealand-august-n1257912Speaking about viruses: New Zealand, the country known for keeping COVID-19 contained better than almost any country will be going back into lockdown due to recent unexplained COVID-19 cases emerging in the country.  The lockdown is the first in New Zealand in six months and represents a significant setback in the nation's largely successful efforts to control the virus. New Zealand, with a population of 5 million, has reported a total of just over 2,300 cases and 25 deaths since the pandemic startedLastly here is the wildcard news for the week:https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/world/meghan-harry-new-baby-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-prince-harry-announce-192404185.html Last week, it was announced that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting an addition to their family. Meghan is pregnant with their second child, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Sunday. The couple's announcement came with a black-and-white photo, showing the pair smiling joyfully at each other while seated outside in the grass, with Meghan having a visible baby bump.  Harry and Meghan stepped back from their roles as members of the British royal family at the beginning of last year and relocated to Santa Barbara, California, in July. Closing:  Well that wraps up What a Week! Stay safe and see you guys next week. 

In 2014, Orion Falvey co-founded Orchid Health, a network of clinics in Oakridge, Estacada and Blue River. Falvey says the clinics address major shortages in primary preventative medical care for rural Oregonians. In November, Falvey received the 2020 Oregon Rural Health Hero of the Year Award from the Oregon Office of Rural Health. We talk with Falvey about how Orchid Health has increased access to rural healthcare.

When we think about who’s most at risk for contracting COVID-19, we know that seniors and people with underlying health conditions are at the top of the list. This means that people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable. And at the same time, due to restrictions in place to help slow the spread of the virus, these same people are not able to get all of the services that help them and their families on a daily basis. We hear from Lilia Teninty, director of the Oregon Office of Developmental Disabilities Services and Emily Cooper, legal director at Disability Rights Oregon.

As businesses begin shutting down and laying off workers, the economic impacts of the new coronavirus are just beginning to be felt in Oregon. What will the long term impacts be? Joshua Lehner, and economist with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, is looking into it.

In a special edition of Beeronomics, we’ll be welcoming Josh Lehner of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. Josh looks at a number of indicators affecting the state, and one of his special interests is beer. One of his recent posts caught our eye, and in this episode, he discusses some of the currents that will be affecting the brewing industry in coming years.

"Hospitality begins with safety," so this episode we're talking emergency preparedness. Althea Rizzo joins us from the Office of Emergency Management to help us boil down what businesses can do to prepare for a disaster. Learn more about how communities will respond, who is most vulnerable and what resources exist to help Oregon businesses be ready. Guest:Althea Rizzo, Geologic Hazards Coordinator, Oregon Office of Emergency Management Co-Host:Lori Little, Director of Communications, Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association Links Referenced: Ready.gov Hospitality Begins with Safety: TsunamiSafe.info Ready Business QuakeSmart Toolkit Advocacy Watch: Pendleton's 3 New Taxes for Street Maintenance Taste Oregon Legislative Reception

The Oregon Office of Emergency management recently updated its playbook to provide more realistic and detailed plans for how the state would respond to a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. We’ll hear about those plans and how new federal disaster funds will affect Oregon from Andrew Phelps, director of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management.

What are the economic and social tradeoffs of deciding where to live and how can one measure these? An economist at the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis joins Cardiff Garcia and Kara Scannell to discuss a system he developed for this exact purpose. Then, how did a failing business promoting mixed martial arts grow to become a global brand valued at $4bn? Cardiff talks the economics of the sport with John S. Nash, a writer for the UFC and MMA industry website Bloodyelbow.com. Visit FT.com/Alphachat for show notes and links. Music by Minden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's guest is Oregon Office of Developmental Disability Services Director Lilia Teninty.

We're talking about Job Polarization and unemployment in Oregon with Josh Lehner of Oregon Office of Economic Analysis.

In this episode, Danielle Bailey, MPH, research assistant at the Oregon Office on Disability & Health, speaks with The Nation's Health Reporter Teddi Dineley Johnson about disaster preparedness for people living with disabilites. Bailey offers tips on sheltering in place, preparing a disaster kit, dealing with power and communication service outages, and more.

In this episode, Danielle Bailey, MPH, research assistant at the Oregon Office on Disability & Health, speaks with The Nation's Health Reporter Teddi Dineley Johnson about disaster preparedness for people living with disabilites. Bailey offers tips on sheltering in place, preparing a disaster kit, dealing with power and communication service outages, and more. (Part 2 of 2)