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By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The Legislature issued an eviction order to itself Monday, saying it had to wrap up its work and get out of the Capitol in under two weeks. With fatigued lawmakers and staff eyeing the exits, the buzz that the House and Senate were close to calling it a year proved no more than very

Oregon reports 167 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,730 the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported 167 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday bringing the state total to 205,029.

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Mike Nearman became the first state legislator to be expelled in Oregon’s 162 years of statehood for his part in aiding anti-lockdown protesters, some of them armed, to breach the closed Capitol during a Dec. 21 special session of the Legislature. On a 59-1 vote Thursday night, June 10, the House concluded that Nearman engaged

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is about 90,000 people short of its goal to get at least one shot of vaccine into the arms of the state’s eligible adults in order to lift most COVID-19 restrictions by June 25, state officials said Friday. “We are so close to fully reopening our economy,”  Gov. Kate Brown said during an

Oregon reports 308 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths PORTLAND — There are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, and the state’s death toll remains at 2,726, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 308 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total