Bills to pay reparations for slavery stir tough feelings March 09 2021 I feel like this is truly the right thing for Oregon to do in order to right the wrongs of the past.
Should Oregonians pay thousands each year in reparations to descendants of enslaved people?
That s the question Oregon lawmakers take up Wednesday morning, March 10, as they discuss two senate bills requiring the state to study paying reparations to African American Oregonians who can trace their ancestry to slavery.
Former state Rep. Tiffiny K. Mitchell of Astoria says yes, we should. A handful of others who submitted early testimony on the two bills say absolutely not.
OSU Extension launching Wildfire Wednesdays webinars March 09 2021
Statewide campaign aims to help Oregonians prepare for the reality of wildfire through greater awareness and actions
On March 17, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension along with state and community partners, will launch Wildfire Wednesday s lunch and learn, Fire Aware. Fire Prepared.
OSU s statewide campaign aims to help Oregonians prepare for the reality of wildfire through greater awareness and actions, addressing preparedness at three levels:
1. Individual What you can do now to get yourself, your family, and your home ready.
2. Community How you can be a part of promoting a wildfire safe community.
3. Landscape How you can live and thrive in a fire adapted environment.
Good news for reopening schools March 07 2021
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue trending down after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issues an executive order to reopen public schools.
Newly reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continued trending down two days after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order to reopen public schools in coming weeks.
Brown mandated on Friday, March 5, that public school students be back in classrooms before the weeks of March 29 for elementary students and April 19 for middle and high schoolers. Whether or not public schools should return kids to the classroom this spring is no longer up for discussion: the science and data is clear, schools can return to in-person instruction with a very low risk of COVID-19 transmission, particularly with a vaccinated workforce, Brown said in a letter to state health and education agencies.
March 09 2021
Dozens of union members demonstrate March 8 outside congressman s office in Clackamas County.
Dozens of union members demonstrated March 8 outside U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader s office in Oregon City, insisting he vote in favor of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the American Rescue Plan.
When the House first voted on the American Rescue Plan on Feb. 26 President Joe Biden s $1.9 trillion stimulus package intended to provide aid during the ongoing pandemic and recession Schrader was one of only two Democratic congress members who voted against it.
Organizers of the demonstration said they feel this shows Schrader isn t listening to his constituents and isn t fighting for working class Oregonians.
March 05 2021
Elementary kids should be back by March 29 and middle and high schoolers by April 19.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced yet another new set of school re-opening guidelines on Friday, March 5, that mandates public school students be back in classrooms before the weeks of March 29 for elementary students and April 19 for middle and high schoolers. Whether or not public schools should return kids to the classroom this spring is no longer up for discussion: the science and data is clear, schools can return to in-person instruction with a very low risk of COVID-19 transmission, particularly with a vaccinated workforce, Brown said in a letter to state health and education agencies.