Pamplin Media Group June 02 2021
Pamplin Media Group and its partners examine the impacts that COVID-19 had on schools, and we sought solutions.
For the past several months, reporters with Pamplin Media Group has been examining K-12 public education in Oregon, specifically the gap between how well students of color are doing during the pandemic compared to their white classmates.
With exceptions, the gap between those services the division based on race, as well as economic factors grew worse during the months of distance learning forced by COVID-19.
Our new series, The Long Division, examines how the pandemic has impacted an educational system that was already struggling to help many families across the state.
May 19 2021
Senate Bill 282 allows time for renters to obtain state and federal aid, including a new $204 million fund.
Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that gives tenants more time to pay past-due rent stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and protects their future ability to rent.
Her announcement, issued Wednesday, May 19, also mentioned the availability of $204 million in a state fund for rental assistance.
Her statement: Everyone deserves a warm, safe, dry place to call home –– and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been particularly critical that Oregonians be able to stay in their homes. I d like to thank Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Julie Fahey for their leadership and work to pass this bill, and ensure that we are helping the Oregonians who have been hardest hit by the housing and rent impacts of the pandemic.