Under new guidance, Oregon businesses would have to check vaccination status to loosen mask requirements
Anticipated guidance from the Oregon Health Authority regarding fewer mask and distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people came through on Tuesday.
Posted: May 18, 2021 2:20 PM
Updated: May 18, 2021 5:28 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
SALEM, Ore. Anticipated guidance from the Oregon Health Authority governing fewer mask and distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people came through on Tuesday but for business owners and venues, embracing the new guidance would require checking vaccination status of patrons.
Broadly speaking, the OHA guidance allows people who are fully vaccinated to not wear a mask indoors in public settings where vaccination status is checked. If vaccination status isn t checked, masks remain required just as before. Businesses and venues can choose to continue with previous mask requirements and forego the vaccination status check.
May 13 2021
Veteran Portland Democrat starts term on Nov. 1, when she will vacate the Senate District 18 seat.
Sen. Ginny Burdick was confirmed for one of Oregon s two seats on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
The Oregon Senate voted 23-6 on Thursday, May 13, to confirm Gov. Kate Brown s nomination of the Democrat from Portland. Burdick starts on the four-state council on Nov. 1, when she will have to resign her Senate seat after 25 years.
Commissioners in Multnomah and Washington counties, where Senate District 18 falls, will choose a replacement nominated by Democrats. The appointee will serve until the 2022 general election, when voters will elect someone to complete the remaining two years in the term. The district, which straddles southwest Portland and Tigard, is likely to be redrawn during legislative redistricting.
WESTON â Money from the American Rescue Plan could be a game changer for East Umatilla Fire & Rescue, according to Fire Chief David Baty.
As money from the federal stimulus package comes to Oregon, state senators are being given $4 million to allocate to a project in their district and state representatives are given $2 million. Baty said Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, and Rep. Bobby Levy, R-Echo, are on board with allocating a portion of their funds to build a new fire station for the district.
The money should be enough to build the new station in Weston without going to taxpayers for more.
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.