November 2021 - Page 5

By AIMEE GREEN/The Oregonian/OregonLive  The director of the Oregon Department of Education said Wednesday that K-12 schools should soon all but eliminate the need to quarantine students who’ve been exposed to COVID-19. Director Colt Gill said he hopes the state will be able to implement a “test-to-stay” program by the end of November. That means unvaccinated students, who have been required to stay

 The dome of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Higher wages are driving up Oregon’s projected tax revenue, but most middle-class workers won’t feel the benefits of larger paychecks over the next year because of inflation, state economists said Wednesday. A quarterly economic forecast from the state Department of Administrative

 New Clean Trucks Rules are expected to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions and tailpipe pollution during the next decade. (Salem Reporter photo) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A powerful state regulatory commission Wednesday put Oregon in the forefront of climate change efforts by mandating changes to trucking that are expected to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions and tailpipe

 A state Senate committee meeting on redistricting during a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Attorneys for a group of four Republicans who once held elective office found a frosty reception Tuesday from the five-judge panel as they contested Oregon’s new congressional boundaries. After a three-hour hearing, the panel

Oregon reports 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 53 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 53 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,803, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total