By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau — Oregon would need up to double the doses of COVID-19 vaccine it currently receives to fulfill President Joe Biden’s seven-week sprint to allow all adults to be offered inoculation, Oregon health officials say. Gov. Kate Brown and top state medical experts held a[Read More…]

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau — President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion pandemic recovery plan, which won final approval on Wednesday with the support of Oregon’s four Democrats and opposition from its lone Republican in the U.S. House. In descending order, the largest shares go toward economic stimulus payments[Read More…]

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau — Despite no redistricting maps or data to show voters, the Legislature is moving ahead this week with hearings on plans for redrawing 2020 political districts. Ten hearings are planned, two for each congressional district. First up is the 1st Congressional District in northwest[Read More…]

Under a federal proposal, four cities in Oregon — Corvallis, Albany, Bend and Grants Pass — could lose their metropolitan statistical designations and the funds that go with them. The Associated Press has the story.

It’s been almost a year since Gov. Kate Brown ordered Oregon schools to close because of COVID-19. Now, she’s ordering them to open back up again. KLCC has the story.