By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has extended a declaration of emergency as the omicron variant emerges in the coronavirus pandemic. The latest order will remain in effect through June 30, 2022 — more than two years after the first one, at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 — unless rescinded […]
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Investments needed in higher ed, job training to recover from pandemic, Oregon leaders say during annual business summit
Ben Cannon, executive director of the state Higher Education Coordinating Commission, speaks on Monday, Dec. 6, about education needs in Oregon. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND — Oregon can’t recover jobs lost during the pandemic and meet the needs of industry without new investments in training the workforce, state leaders […]
Oregon governor orders most people to stay home; tightens restrictions on businesses, social contact
By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown on Monday directed most Oregonians to stay home except for getting groceries, going to work or handling important activities that cannot wait. Brown said she was acting because many Oregonians had failed to heed her directives to practice “social distancing” to decrease the transmission of COVID-19. “I […]
Hospital group urges “stay in place” order; governor says she’s not ready to do that
By JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has called on Gov. Kate Brown to issue a shelter-in-place order requiring most businesses to close and require Oregonians to hunker down in their homes during the coronavirus outbreak. “Yesterday, our board recommended that the governor take the strongest possible action when […]