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13 Oregon Counties Improve Their COVID-19 Risk Ranking

Mar 9, 2021

New Season's Cedar Hills location is one of many in the Portland area.

Grocery Store Workers Have Endured Long Wait For The Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls for vaccinating essential workers ahead of people 64 to 74 but Gov. Kate Brown is making grocery and other workers wait eight more weeks.

Mar 8, 2021

Amayah and Yara Perez-Da Silva will finish the year in distance learning out of concern for their grandfather and Yara, who has asthma. /Courtesy of Karen Perez Da Silva

Families Face Deadline To Decide: Stay Home Or Go Back To Class

Some school districts have already started sending students back into the classroom, while others have laid out reopening plans and are surveying families.

Feb 15, 2021

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Brown Backtracks On Decision To Shield COVID-19 Details

The governor told the Oregon Health Authority it could release the information weekly but the agency said it will stick to daily reporting.

Jan 31, 2021

Gov. Kate Brown has faced blistering criticism over the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. | ABIGAIL DOLLINS/SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL

Oregon Stops Sharing COVID-19 Death Details

The Oregon Health Authority said it lacks the personnel to continue releasing details but the decision means it will be impossible to track the effect of the governor's decision to delay the vaccination of seniors.

Jan 27, 2021

a woman and man sitting on a bench in a park with about 3 feet between them

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Most of Oregon At ‘Extreme Risk’ Of COVID-19 Spread, State Says, But Restrictions Ease Slightly

New guidelines, to go into effect Jan. 29 through Feb. 11, will allow gyms and theaters to open to a limited number customers in places, but the easing will not apply to indoor dining, which will remain banned in counties with the highest risk level.

Jan 26, 2021

Oregon Health & Science University is vaccinating people at PDX airport. | ERIK ROBINSON/OHSU

Opinion: Science, Evidence Calls For Putting Seniors Before Educators For Vaccines

Oregon needs to respond to new information about variants as most other states have, by adjusting the current priority to begin vaccinations for 65+ immediately.

Jan 26, 2021

Gov. Kate Brown displaying a mask at a May 7, 2020 news conference. | SCREENGRAB VIA YOUTUBE/OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVE

Governor’s Commission Urges Brown To Reverse Priorities For Vaccine Plan

The governor’s Commission on Senior Services became the latest group to make an appeal, saying, “We implore you to reverse your latest decision immediately.”

Jan 25, 2021
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Gov. Kate Brown Commits To Affordable Health Care In Annual Speech

The governor urged Oregon to prepare for a long haul with the pandemic and said she would back a proposal to cap the rise in health care costs statewide at 3.4%.

Jan 21, 2021