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SALEM, Ore. — A special legislative session called by Governor Kate Brown starts Wednesday. Dozens of bills will be discussed from police accountability to COVID-19 relief, but no budget issues are on the table. “The special session is really focused on two …

SALEM, Ore. – An inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, who tested positive for coronavirus, has died. The man died in a hospital Wednesday. The state says he was between 50 and 60 years old. The Department of Correction says …

(KGW) SALEM, Ore. — The owner of a Salem salon that reopened last week in defiance of Gov. Kate Brown’s stay-home order has been fined $14,000. Lindsey Graham reopened Glamour Salon in downtown Salem on May 5. She said the act of defiance was …

SALEM, Ore. – Two local high schoolers will miss out on a national poetry competition due to concerns over the novel coronavirus. Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide contest where students memorize and present poems while exploring the complexity of poetry. Poppy …

SALEM, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown is taking executive action on climate change in Oregon. Democrats signature Cap-and-Trade bill died in the legislature, along with dozens of other bills, after Republicans walked out of the Senate for the second year in a …

SALEM, Ore.– Governor Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency for Oregon to address the spread of the novel coronavirus after the Oregon Health Authority identified seven new cases of COVID-19 in Oregon, bringing the state’s total to 14. The governor authorized …

SALEM, Ore. — With Oregon’s legislative short session adjourning yesterday, many bills effectively died on the floor. This comes after subpoenaed republicans didn’t show up to work in the second week of their walkout over the controversial cap and trade bill. In …

SALEM, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown has asked for an extra 7 to 10 million dollars a month to help with the state’s coronavirus response. In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Governor Brown asked for 400,000 N-95 respirator masks, gowns …

On Wednesday, the travel restrictions for someone coming into Oregon have changed in response to the global coronavirus outbreak. The Oregon Health Authority says anyone coming into Oregon from China and Iran must be monitored for the disease. Before, the OHA says …

SALEM, Ore. — Senate Republicans continued their walkout boycotting the controversial cap-and-trade bill at Oregon’s Capitol Tuesday. House Republicans joined in the boycott Tuesday, halting all business from being conducted in the legislature. The 2020 legislative session ends on March 8 and …