State Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin wants to expand the availability of care for Oregon children with severe mental and behavioral health needs. Gelser Blouin, chair of the Oregon Senate Human […]

Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Ben Botkin covers justice, health and social services issues for the Oregon Capital Chronicle. He has been a reporter since 2003, when he drove from his Midwest locale to Idaho for his first journalism job. He has written extensively about politics and state agencies in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon. Most recently, he covered health care and the Oregon Legislature for The Lund Report.