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.
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They may have to wait awhile.
About 10,000 people have been vaccinated as of Dec. 22. Oregon expects shipments of 109,200 doses from Pfizer/BioNTech and 103,800 doses from Moderna by Dec. 31, but the Oregon Health Authority says the numbers include second doses for the first batch of people vaccinated. Both vaccines require two doses for maximum protection. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines require super-cold storage; the Moderna vaccines do not.
OHA Director Patrick Allen said the federal government, not the state, controls the number of doses and their delivery. He also said state officials are uncertain whether the total doses released are from stockpiles manufactured before the Food and Drug Administration authorized their emergency use, or whether they are from the drugmakers ramping up new production.
SALEM, Ore. Gov. Kate Brown has set a target date of Feb. 15, 2021, for when more Oregon students, especially elementary level, will return to in-person learning.
Oregon lawmakers address coronavirus relief in special session
Bills expected in the session will include a proposed eviction moratorium, a restaurant relief package and a bill to protect schools from COVID-related lawsuits. Author: Sara Cline (Associated Press) Published: 6:14 PM MST December 20, 2020 Updated: 9:38 AM MST December 21, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore When Oregon lawmakers return to the Capitol building Monday they will consider four bills that many hope will ease some of the struggles ignited by the pandemic.
The bills, expected to be taken up during the one-day special legislative session, include a proposed eviction moratorium that includes $200 million in relief for landlords and tenants, a restaurant relief package that includes a provision legalizing cocktails to-go, a bill that would protect schools from some coronavirus-related lawsuits and a measure that would transfer $600 million in to the state’s emergency fu