By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The Legislature and Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan appear headed for a showdown over who will control redistricting of legislative and congressional maps […]
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Oregon OSHA seeks to make COVID-19 workplace rules permanent
By ZANE SPARLING/Oregon Capital Bureau Face masks and social distancing are likely to remain a fixture of the shopping and working experience for some time, according to the state’s employee […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, Feb. 3: 649 more COVID-19 cases, 8 in Lincoln County; 17,720 vaccinations, 10 more deaths
Oregon reports 649 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 10 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,991, […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Tuesday, Feb. 2: 619 COVID-19 cases, 5 in Lincoln County; 23 deaths, 15,967 vaccinations
Oregon reports 619 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 23 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 23 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,981, […]
Declining unemployment rate in Oregon means shift of some laid-off workers to different federal program
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s declining three-month unemployment rate will mean the end of benefits to some people under one federal program. But the acting director of the Oregon […]
Oregon lawmakers meeting in Salem see a familiar ZIP code atop Oregon’s COVID-19 list
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau When the Oregon Health Authority issued its weekly list of which of the state’s 373 zip codes that had the highest number of new […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Feb. 1: 964 new cases, 3 in Lincoln County; 14,693 vaccinations, 1 new death
Oregon reports 964 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,958, […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Saturday, Jan. 30: 707 new cases, 5 in Lincoln County; 25,500 vaccinations, 19 deaths
Oregon reports 707 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,957 […]
Republicans in the Oregon House disown state GOP resolution claiming Capitol riot was a “false flag
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Republicans in the Oregon House have disowned an official Oregon Republican Party claim that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag” […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, Jan. 29: 976 new cases, 11 in Lincoln County; 23,004 vaccinations; 8 more deaths
Oregon reports 976 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,938, […]