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Brown looks back at Oregon's crises and ahead to goals
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a year after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Oregon, Governor Kate Brown delivered her annual State of the State speech on Thursday. During the 45-minute speech Brown reflected on the challenges Oregonians have faced in the last year — the pandemic, protests and...
Courtney laments that Oregon Capitol has become 'fortress'
While Oregon Capitol leadership have agreed to mostly delay the upcoming legislative session by two days due to threats that followed the siege of the nation’s Capitol building in Washington, D.C, lawmakers remain split on dealing with another threat: the COVID-19 pandemic. During an online preview of the...
Oregon lawmakers delay meetings because of protest worries
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State lawmakers in Oregon will delay by at least two days much of the substantive work of next week's beginning of the Legislature because of warnings from law enforcement about the possibility of violent protests. The Legislature will convene Jan. 19. But the state House and Senate have...
Oregon lawmaker faces outcry after state Capitol breach
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sixteen days before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and nearly 2,900 miles away, an eerily similar incident occurred at the Oregon Capitol when 50 protesters breached the building — where lawmakers were working — and clashed with law enforcement. Security video...
State lawmaker who opened Capitol doors stripped of duties
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek on Monday stripped a Republican state representative of his responsibilities and called for his resignation after he let rioters into the state Capitol during a special legislative session in December. Security video shows Rep. Mike Nearman, of...
InvestigateWest: Cascadia not on track to cut emissions
To the rest of the world, the United States’ Pacific Northwest and Canada’s British Columbia represent one of the supposedly most eco-friendly regions in North America, if not the globe. And yet on climate change, the biggest environmental challenge of this generation, the governments of...
Video: Lawmaker opened Oregon Capitol to protesters in 2020
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Security video shows a Republican state representative letting protesters into the Oregon Capitol building, which was closed to the public, during a December special legislative session in which demonstrators attacked authorities with bear spray and broke glass doors. As lawmakers inside...
Oregon House leaders move toward more diverse representation
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Acknowledging Oregon's history of racism, Democratic leaders in the state House pledged Monday to open paths for more diverse representation in the Legislature and its leadership. It comes as Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is Black and represents Portland's eastern suburbs, announced she is...
Portland mayor vows to hold vandalizers accountable
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler promised to hold violent demonstrators accountable in a press conference hosted after two straight days of vandalization and clashes with police. Wheeler said Friday that he would organize a meeting with local and state law enforcement to determine a...
Week of successes in Oregon brings hope during pandemic
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For most of the year Oregonians have faced challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday people finally caught a glimpse of the "light at the end of this long tunnel." In the past week thousands of Oregon healthcare workers were vaccinated, weekly...
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