Oregon lawmakers call for oversight of how universities handle sexual and racial harassment complaints on campuses
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 05, 2021
A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers have proposed a Senate resolution that would establish an eight-member Joint Committee on Respectful and Safe University Campuses.
March 3, 2021 Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
Facebook Share
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers spoke out Wednesday on the need to hold Oregon universities accountable for their handling of sexual or racial harassment complaints on their campuses.
They’ve proposed a Senate resolution that would establish an eight-member Joint Committee on Respectful and Safe University Campuses.
The oversight committee would hold public hearings with the power to subpoena witnesses and documents to study policies, practices and the culture of public higher education campuses and work to prevent and respond to allegations of sexual and racial harassment, discrimina
Lawmakers give final approval to gun bill, sending it to governor’s desk
Updated May 05, 2021;
Facebook Share
A bill to require gun owners to safely store their firearms and to allow schools, colleges and universities and other sensitive public buildings to ban guns is on its way to Gov. Kate Brown, after the Oregon Senate approved it on a 17-7 vote Wednesday.
Senate Bill 554 is this session’s most high-profile gun legislation. While it was the subject of an hours-long debate in the House, the Senate’s discussion was relatively brief. Six senators were not present.
“The vast majority of gun owners in this state are not going to be directly impacted by this,” said Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, responding to criticisms that the bill would keep gun owners from being able to defend themselves. “Most gun owners are very reasonable and understand those weapons are deadly, and they do in fact need to make certain they are safely secure.”
May 01 2021
As Oregon leads nation with rate of new COVID-19 infections, some push back on new restrictions.
Gov. Kate Brown said Friday, April 30, that she has no intention of rolling back new executive orders issued to fight the nation s worst rate of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations hitting Oregon. Cases are widespread, driven by new, more contagious variants, Brown said during a virtual press conference.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported April 30 that Oregon has the highest rate of new infections and hospitalizations of any state in the nation. Cases of COVID-19 have risen 38% in the past two weeks, while hospitalizations are up 43%. Nationwide, both are in decline.
Gov. Kate Brown said Friday that she has no intention of rolling back orders issued this week to fight the nation s worst rate of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations now hitting