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The Black Resilience Fund provides emergency financial support to Black Portlanders facing what some have called two overlapping pandemics: the coronavirus and ongoing systemic racism. 

The state is expanding its mask requirement to include all children five and older, a step initially announced by Gov. Kate Brown at a press conference Wednesday morning. That includes schools.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says tougher quarantine rules might be needed if Oregonians refuse her calls to wear masks, keep their distance and wash their hands. But it's not time yet.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler amped up his critique of federal law enforcement dispatched Tuesday, tweeting that the officers were bringing violence and “life-threatening tactics” to the city’s streets.

The state has already recovered more than 77,000 of the jobs lost in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two days after federal law enforcement officers shot an unarmed protester in the head with “less lethal” munitions, causing severe injuries, President Trump lauded officers currently deployed in Portland. 

Oregon and Washington have joined 26 states and cities in suing the Trump administration over a new rule that weakens emission standards for cars and trucks.

Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff has until 5 p.m. Tuesday to address his order against Governor Kate Brown’s coronavirus restrictions.

One question about COVID-19 we still don’t know the answer to is if people who’ve had the disease can be re-infected.

Most Oregon counties have started reopening under Phase 1 of the state’s coronavirus rules. Now Portland’s most populous counties would like to follow suit.