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Oregon State Senate votes to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Oregon lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to recognize Juneteenth, a day recognizing the Emancipation Proclamation, as a state holiday every June 19, starting in 2022.  “With House Bill 2168, we can learn from another time," said Sen. Lew Frederick in/ a statement released by Oregon Senate Democrats. "We can change the future now, in real time. We can work towards equality – even without a declaration or official holiday. We must. Celebrating Juneteenth...

Legislature OKs Juneteenth state holiday starting in 2022 June 02 2021 Senator says 'sense of hope keeps the community going' as he shows family photos that tell Black history. Gov. Kate Brown is the final stop for a bill making it a state holiday for a proclamation to the end of slavery in the United States. The Oregon House repassed House Bill 2168 by a 58-0 vote on Wednesday, June 2, the day after the Senate passed the amended version. It will become Oregon's 10th official state holiday, although not until 2022. Most states have given June 19 official recognition, but only fo...

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Previously passed by the House, HB 2168 would mark June 19 as a state holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.

SALEM — A $9.3 billion plan to fund Oregon schools for the next two years is headed to the state House after the Senate passed it on a bipartisan vote with little debate Tuesday, May 25. The state school fund budget includes $300 million more than necessary to maintain current level K-12 services and programs, legislative analysts said. That proposed funding level sparked controversy earlier this month, when Gov. Kate Brown sent a letter to legislative leaders urging them not to pump more money into the state’s funding system in which districts receive formula-based distributions to...