Rural Multnomah, Clackamas businesses to defy COVID rules December 31 2020
Group of leaders, business owners lend support to Open Oregon movement, while others remain skeptical
With the support of Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam, Estacada Mayor Sean Drinkwine, Troutdale Mayor-elect Randy Lauer and Gresham City Councilor-elect Sue Piazza, among others, multiple local businesses plan to open to customers indoors on Friday, Jan. 1. The protest is being called Open Oregon and the goal is to highlight how brutal the state-mandated closures have been. Supporters are heralding it as an exercise of First Amendment rights. Several businesses have been reaching out to me and they re in panic mode, Pulliam said prior to a two-week freeze called by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown in November, amid rising cases of COVID-19
Former Bismarck mayor appointed to State Board of Higher Education
John Warford will serve out the unexpired term of former board member Joseph Wetch Jr., who resigned from the board, shortly after being appointed to the position, in August. 12:20 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 ×
State Board of Higher Education members Nick Hacker and Casey Ryan listen during a meeting in this 2019 photo. Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald
BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Dr. John Warford of Bismarck to the State Board of Higher Education.
Warford founded Warford Orthodontics in 1973 and served as mayor of Bismarck from 2002 to 2014. He then served as dean of the Gary Tharaldson School of Business at the University of Mary in Bismarck from 2014 to 2017.
it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to process hundreds arrested in this week s rioting and looting. prime minister cameron told an emergency session of parliament that more arrests are comi
fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that s a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to proces
and some democrats are concerned that this is a, happening too late, and b, that it s possible the white house is agreeing to a deal stall essentially jam democrats into agreeing to something that does not go far enough on the issues that they care about, an they ll ultimately be in a position of either voting to agree with their president and raise the debt ceiling or risk default and untenable position in their view. untenable in their view. let s dig into the detail. what do we know about the framework that s being discussed and especially the parts that democrats don t like? reporter: well, based on our reporting today, this broad outline which again has in the been agreed to would include roughly $3 trillion deal that would have about $1 trillion in spending cuts, some of which would kick in immediately, some would be spread out over time. and then there would be a tax component and an entitlement component that would happen after the debt ceiling is raised. but othe