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Brown: Oregon will fully reopen by June 30

By Sara Cline Jun. 25, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown said Friday Oregon's COVID-19 related restrictions will be lifted by June 30 or once 70% of adults in the state...

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Backlog of aid slows Oregon eviction response

By Sara Cline Jun. 25, 2021 02:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this file image taken from video by the Office of the Ohio Governor on May 27, 2021, Abbigail Bugenske, 22, from Cincinnati, the first winner of Ohio's first $1 million Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize, is interviewed during a news conference. The state plans to announce its third pair of Ohio Vax-a-Million winners Wednesday evening, June 9, 2021, even as the initial bump from the incentive program fades and the vaccination numbers continue to drop. (Office of Ohio Governor via AP, File)
Ohio ends incentive lottery with mixed vaccination results

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jun. 23, 2021 03:56 PM EDT

Oregon lawmakers discuss amendment to "pause" evictions

By Sara Cline Jun. 17, 2021 12:53 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With the state and federal eviction moratorium set to expire at the end of June, Oregon lawmakers are hastily working on an amendment to...

Oregon's eviction moratorium to expire at the end of June

By Sara Cline Jun. 11, 2021 03:38 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon nears its vaccination target to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday she is extending the state's mortgage...

Oregon Legislature makes cocktails to-go permanent

Jun. 02, 2021 08:30 AM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails to-go to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Oregon's Multnomah County meets governor's vaccine goal

By Sara Cline May. 25, 2021 08:04 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For the first time in months, restaurants in Multnomah County — Oregon's most populous county and home to Portland — will open for 50%...

San Pedro High School students hold vaccination signs at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination event for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2021. Schools are turning to mascots, prizes and contests to entice youth ages 12 and up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer break. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Latest: Sri Lanka gets 2nd vaccine donation from China

By The Associated Press May. 25, 2021 03:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, Vanessa Mendez hugs her son, Evan Seppa, as he prepares to head into Elizabeth Page Elementary School for his first day of kindergarten in Springfield, Ore. Even as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved earlier this month to ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to certain longtime coronavirus restrictions. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, File)
Oregon among blue states slow at lifting COVID restrictions

By Sara Cline May. 22, 2021 11:40 AM EDT

Judge denies businesses seeking block on COVID restrictions

May. 22, 2021 09:10 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has determined that a group of businesses and political action committees that sought to block Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s...

New law gives Oregon tenants until 2022 to pay back rent

By Sara Cline May. 19, 2021 08:30 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a measure into law Wednesday that gives tenants facing financial struggles during the coronavirus pandemic...

Oregon Senate votes to reinstate foreclosure moratorium

By Sara Cline May. 17, 2021 07:30 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would reinstate Oregon's moratorium on foreclosures for those experiencing financial hardship during the coronavirus pandemic...

Washington governor: State on track to fully reopen June 30

By Rachel La Corte And Lisa Baumann May. 13, 2021 05:44 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30, and a full reopening could happen even sooner if 70% or more of residents...

Kiara Herzer, of Albuquerque, stands with University of New Mexico mascot "Lucy Lobo" as she tells how she got her second vaccine shot in her right arm as she was the 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine shot administered at the UNM Health vaccination clinic at the Pit, Wednesday, April, 28 , 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M.(Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
The Latest: Philippine president eases lockdown in capital

By The Associated Press May. 13, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo a sheet with information about how to get a COVID-19 vaccine sticks out of an order of groceries for delivery to a homebound senior citizen in Portland, Ore., through the nonprofit group Store to Door. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced statewide and county COVID-19 vaccination targets, with the hope of reopening the state's economy. The governor said Tuesday, May 11, most statewide coronavirus related restrictions will be lifted when 70% of Oregon's residents who are 16 years and older receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
Oregon governor sets vaccination targets for state to reopen

By Sara Cline May. 11, 2021 05:03 PM EDT

Monks and nuns pray together during Buddha's Birthday celebrations at the Lin Chi Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Buddha's birthday is celebrated in East Asia on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
The Latest: Ore. bill extends deadline for late-rent payment

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore. The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that would mandate safe storage of guns and ban them from the state Capitol. The bill passed the House last week and goes to Gov. Kate Brown for signing. AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
Oregon moves toward safe storage of guns; ban from Capitol

By Andrew Selsky May. 05, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

Challenge Cup final will include a limited number of fans

By Anne M. Peterson May. 04, 2021 11:00 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns will host Gotham FC in the Challenge Cup tournament final before a limited number of fans on Saturday, after Oregon...

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020, file photo, Oregon National Guard's Ashley Smallwood, of Springfield, Ore., counts out boxes of face masks to be given to Willamette Valley farmers while participating in a distribution event at the Oregon State University Extension Service-Linn County office in Tangent, Ore. Oregon adopted a controversial rule on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements in all businesses in the state. State officials say the rule, which garnered thousands of public comments, will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, file)
Oregon extends COVID workplace mask rule indefinitely

By Sara Cline May. 04, 2021 07:46 PM EDT

Bid to have House vote on governor's emergency powers fails

By Andrew Selsky May. 04, 2021 06:57 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Members of the Oregon House narrowly defeated a move on Tuesday to consider a bill that would give the Legislature oversight of the governor...