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Updated: 10:04 PM EST December 15, 2020
SALEM, Ore. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will convene a one-day special session of the state legislature on Monday, Dec. 21, during which she ll ask state lawmakers to consider $800 million in relief for Oregonians suffering financially from the COVID-19 pandemic and the state s wildfires.
The funding will go towards helping tenants and landlords, funding vaccine distribution and contact tracing, wildfire prevention and community preparedness and support for reopening Oregon s schools.
Brown said she has repeatedly called on Congress to pass another coronavirus relief bill, to no avail. She said states must act on their own until the federal government passes a new relief bill.