PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Thousands of Oregonians who await unemployment benefits, whose claims were denied or who never filed in the first place will soon have a chance to obtain […]
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Oregon governor plans to issue order soon to require all workers indoor to wear face coverings
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Office workers will be required to wear masks indoors to help keep Oregon on track to suppress the growth of COVID-19, Gov. Kate […]
Oregon Employment Department director says tens of thousands still await benefits because of complexities of new program
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Employment Department officials have now worked through a backlog of 70,000 claims by people whom Congress has made newly eligible for unemployment benefits. But […]
Oregon Supreme Court upholds 2019 PERS changes, siding with Legislature and against the unions who challenged new law
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld the 2019 legislative changes that divert part of future public employee retirement contributions to pay current pensions. A unanimous […]
Oregon legislative emergency board OKs $94 million for testing, tracing but not on whether to buy more personal equipment
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers have approved $94 million more to expand coronavirus testing and contact tracing, but deadlocked on $105 million more for the state to buy […]
Oregon will likely hit 20,000 COVID-19 cases this week; governor continues to explore travel restrictions
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is likely a day away from crossing the threshold of 20,000 cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state reported Wednesday. […]
Brown says a huge coronavirus spike and political stalemate led to Umatilla County rollback, restrictions
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Rapidly rising COVID-19 infections, an ominous public health report, and a political stalemate led to Gov. Kate Brown’s unprecedented late-night order rolling back the […]
Oregon governor calls legislators into special session Aug. 10 to deal with big budget issues
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has made it official: She has called Oregon lawmakers back into a special session starting Aug. 10 to close a $1 billion […]
Oregon poll: Majority say the state not going “in the right direction,” needs police reform
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Just a third of Oregonians believe the state is “going in the right direction,” and the majority support racial justice protests and police reforms, […]
As COVID-19 cases increase, there are both hopeful and worrisome signs in Oregon and across the nation
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau While the nation this week passed 150,000 deaths from COVID-19, there were some relatively encouraging numbers about a decline of the infection rate in […]