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Proposed settlement would end dispute over aid to Blacks Pending applicants would benefit if federal judge approves, but state must commit to more data. Gov. Kate Brown has announced a tentative settlement in a legal challenge to Oregon s setting aside $62 million in federal funds to aid Black families, businesses and nonprofits. The settlement still requires approval from a federal judge. But it would resolve a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in October by Great Northern Resources, a logging company based in John Day; Dynamic Service Fire and Security, an electrical contractor in Salem, and Walter Van Leja, its owner. It named the state through Katy Coba, director of the Department of Administrative Services and the chief operating officer of state government as the lead defendant. ....
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Oregon Cares Fund to release final round of COVID grants to Black community Pending approval by the judge, the settlement agreement allows the remaining $8.8 million to be distributed to Black Oregonians, Black-owned businesses and Black-led nonprofits that have demonstrated financial harm due to COVID. Posted: Mar 12, 2021 11:45 AM Posted By: Alicia Rubin PORTLAND, Ore. The Oregon Cares Fund is nearly ready to release its final round of COVID grants to the Black community, after a settlement agreement was reached with plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed against the fund. If approved by the judge, the agreement allows the remaining $8.8 million to be distributed to Black Oregonians, Black-owned businesses and Black-led nonprofits that have demonstrated financial harm due to COVID. ....
White and Latino Plaintiffs Stall Oregon COVID Relief Fund Specifically Addressing Needs of Black Families and Businesses, Calling It Discriminatory Citing a number of historical disparities that have decimated the Black community for centuries, Oregon lawmakers last year took steps in trying to ease the burden on African-Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Legislators carved out $62 million in aid for Black families and business owners from the state’s $1.6 billion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act package. But a pair of federal lawsuits filed last year in the U.S. District Court of Oregon successfully sought injunctions to stop those grant dollars from reaching their intended targets, calling the relief fund unconstitutional and biased. ....