Here's how many Oregon state employees aren't actually working in Oregon

The pandemic expanded opportunities for remote work, which has a lot of upsides. But remote workers who aren’t living locally also end up costing Oregonians.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Partly of necessity, and because technology had advanced to a sufficient degree, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a massive expansion in the number of people working remotely. With the height of the pandemic in the rearview, many workers were welcomed back to the office — or ordered back, as the case may be.

But thousands of workers for Oregon’s government agencies are still working from home — and hundreds of them are living and working in another state

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