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Gov. Brown: Oregon will follow new CDC guidance on masks for fully vaccinated people
The CDC released updated guidance on Thursday morning, easing mask and physical distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people in most outdoor and indoor settings.
Posted: May 13, 2021 5:01 PM
Updated: May 13, 2021 5:50 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
SALEM, Ore. Oregon will adopt newly-loosened CDC guidance on mask and physical distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people, Governor Kate Brown said in a video statement on Thursday afternoon. Starting today, Oregon will be following this guidance, which only applies to fully-vaccinated individuals, Brown said. That means Oregonians who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks or social distance in most public spaces.
SALEM â A long-simmering feud among Oregon Senate Republicans surfaced on Wednesday, May 5, with the introduction of a bill pitting the main factions of the 11-person caucus against each other.
Senate Bill 865, co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, and Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, would make it a fineable offense to serve simultaneously as a state officeholder and an officer of a state central committee of a political party. Violators would be fined $250 per day. The bill has a clause that would make it law as soon as it was signed by the governor.
While generic in its official language, the billâs most immediate effect is to challenge Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Roseburg, who earlier this year was elected chair of the Oregon Republican Party. It would also take aim at Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, a Heard ally who was elected the state GOP party treasurer.
Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Roseburg, talks to his fellow senators. Oregon state senators gather in the Senate chambers on Feb. 11, 2020 in Salem, Oregon.
Two Republicans in the Oregon Senate have introduced legislation that explicitly targets two of their colleagues roles in the state Republican Party. It s just the latest sign of a rift among Senate Republicans this year.
Signs of tension among Oregon Senate Republicans have been building for months, with members of the 11-person caucus disagreeing over strategies for fighting controversial bills and how best to object to a closed Capitol.
Such intraparty differences are a feature of politics, but they rarely get their own legislation. That changed Wednesday, as a pair of Republican Senators, Sens. Lynn Findley and Bill Hansell, introduced a bill explicitly targeting two of their colleagues.
SALEM, Ore. – An Oregon political coalition launched a new initiative aimed at stopping legislative stall tactics.
Two years ago, Oregon’s Senate Republicans left the state in order to deny a quorum on a climate change bill. The minority party has deployed this tactic three times, including this past legislative session.
Majority Leader Rob Wagner said, “We have tremendously important work this session. Lives are at stake as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet the Senate Republicans continue their anti-democratic walkout tactics.”
On Thursday, May 6, the “No More Costly Walkouts” coalition announced the filing of measures for next year’s ballot to “increase accountability and prevent the kind of gridlock caused by walkouts and duplicative bill readings.”