Rachel Monahan

We asked the leading independent and Republican candidates for governor if Biden’s win was fraudulent.

“It became clear to me that what we needed in Washington was more people with a scientific mindset.”

Shutting down schools has become a political vulnerability.

Vaccinated New Yorkers are far less likely to be hospitalized.

Hospitalizations with COVID-19 are still expected to peak above the record set in September.

Today there were 6,203 new COVID-19 cases, surpassing yesterday’s record number by 1,663 cases. In the week ending Sunday, there was a 140% increase.

Her protests are a required whistle-stop for Portland politicians who want to prove they are climate champions.

She’s raised $3 million in a bid to be governor, and says Portland is “an accelerating death spiral disaster.”

The rise in case counts is hitting Portland and surrounding areas.

At a press conference with the governor, Peter Graven of OHSU had said hospitalizations could go as high as 3,000.

Omicron cases haven’t spiked yet in Oregon.

It’s a significant endorsement, if not entirely surprising.

Gov. Kate Brown’s focus—getting more Oregonians a vaccine booster—lowers the projection to still record-high hospitalizations.

“With any agency, the way you really understand what they’re doing is you look at their financial statement. And their financial statement says, ‘Burn, baby, burn.’”

House Speaker Tina Kotek called for a special session for tenants in October, and the one-day special session passed the bill.