JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau Health care providers in Oregon are running out of protective masks, surgical gowns and other personal protective equipment that protects them from contracting the coronavirus. “I […]
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 […]
By JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau As the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt daily life across Oregon, legislators had their first discussion Wednesday on the Legislature’s possible response to the pandemic. […]
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau A team of Oregon’s top government and business leaders are looking at every state program and agency to confront the economic erosion created by the […]
By DICK HUGHES/The Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is erecting a 250-bed temporary hospital in Salem so as to free up other hospital beds around the state for coronavirus patients. […]
By the Oregon Capital Bureau and YachatsNews.com Oregon’s schools now are closed for six weeks. Gov. Kate Brown announced the extended school closure late Tuesday, hours after talking with reporters […]
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday banned on-site consumption of food and drink at restaurants and bars, a 180-degree turn from indications she gave earlier in […]
By Jake Thomas/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday directed state agencies to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions through more stringent standards for fuels, new buildings and consumer appliances, imposing by […]
By Claire Withycombe, Jake Thomas and Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Disagreement and stalemate over a single bill has killed upwards of 200 pieces of legislative and left more […]
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau Following a feeble end to the short 2020 legislative session, members of the emergency board convened Monday to allocate money for emergencies throughout the state. […]
