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Mask mandate in state buildings as Oregon’s COVID-19 cases top 1,000
Gov. Kate Brown Friday ordered mandatory masking inside state buildings, an order covering workers and visitors whether vaccinated…
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State panel will consider rules for climate-change plan
As the Environmental Quality Commission prepares to hear from the public about proposed rules, two dozen environmental and…
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Survey: Conservatives far more likely to decline COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccination rates drop significantly outside of the Portland metro area, according to results of an Oregon Values…
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Back to the future: COVID-19, fires, smoke recall summer of 2020 (NOT SOON)
(IN PROGRESS) First came the rapidly spreading deadly virus. Hot days created a record-breaking fires. Acrid smoke spread…
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Eastern Oregon driving COVID-19 wave swamping hospitals
PENDLETON — More than half of all patients currently hospitalized at CHI St. Anthony in Pendleton have tested…
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Merkley: States will aid push for U.S. plastics recycling
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says he is counting on state efforts, like those in Oregon and Maine, to…
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Dems blast Dems for arrogant and suicidal approach to 2022 redistricting
A pandemic political deal and feuding Democrats have made for a noisy start to redistricting for the 2022…
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Politics: The 2022 election looms larger as Congress and Legislature switch gears
It’s out with the old and in with the new in Salem and Washington, D.C., as lawmakers wrap…
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Poll: Just over 1-in-4 Oregon residents support abolishing police
Abolishing the police — once a fringe issue — has become a mainstream, albeit minority opinion. After a…
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Lawmakers delay Oregon paid family leave program
Oregon’s new program of paid family leave would be delayed under a bill that is headed to Gov.…