A 2020 wildfire burns iin Clackamas County. A key deadline that determines the fate of legislation arrives Friday. Among the more than 2,800 bills are a pair of measures regarding the state's controversial Wildfire Risk Map.  Democrats back a bill that would bar insurance companies from using the Department of Forestry map as the basis for raising rates. Republicans are pushing for a bill that would kill the requirement that the map be published as planned later this year. 

Gov. Kate Brown is creating a wildfire economic recovery council to evaluate the economic and community needs of residents affected by the recent devastating wildfires.

The council will be co-chaired by State Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle and State Treasurer Tobias Read. It will work to help counties implement economic recovery solutions and bring together federal, state, and local resources, according to the governor’s office.

In addition, a focus of the council will be on solutions for communities of color, rural and low-income Oregonians  who were disproportionately impacted by the wildfires.

The council will meet next week, and will complete its initial work by Dec. 31.

The scope of work includes assessing the impacts of the fires, coordinating needs with resources and identifying possible budget and legislative solutions for economic recovery.