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The Oregon Health Authority undereported Multnomah County's COVID-19 hospitalization numbers to Gov. Kate Brown, but the plan to reopen the county will move forward regardless.

The seemingly sudden ease of scheduling clinic appointments comes as Oregon, like the rest of the nation, sees a sharp drop in doses given.

As much as $20 million in private funding could be leveraged with a $5 million state investment in new housing for people with mental illness, opening up spots for people stuck in more institutional settings like the Oregon State Hospital. The money would also relieve pressure on the state rental market, since state policy will limit the units for people with disabilities to 20 percent of the apartment complexes, allowing them to blend in with the general population.

March 27, 2013 — Clackamas County Sheriff Capt. Chris Hoy is a big, burly bear of a man but when he told legislators of his mother’s fate, he burst into tears. He was a freshman at Willamette University when his mother developed a mental illness and had to be admitted to the Oregon State Hospital.

In August, The Lund Report’s series about the state’s growing meth problem garnered a lot of attention.