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Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 19 March 2020

Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Clackamas) introduced House Bill 4107 to fight two sources of what she called backdoor discrimination.

House Bill 4107 would prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture, and would largely prohibit businesses from being “cashless”

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 March 2020

Kh'Merrion 14, gets some food to go from volunteer Nikkita Oliver at the Feed the Beach, free lunch table March 13th at Rainier Beach Community Center Plaza. (photo by Susan Fried)

Hot lunches are served on Tuesdays and Thursdays to students who attend school in the Rainier Beach Community until the schools re-open again

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 17 March 2020

A sign indicating that only carry-out or delivery options are available hangs in the window of a closed Chipotle restaurant in Portland, Ore., Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

The most vulnerable homeless residents given vouchers for hotel and motel rooms, and evictions suspended for those affected by the coronavirus

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 March 2020

New measures include social distancing, hospital capacity increase, and a new order to prevent price gouging

Details: Written by By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers; Published: 16 March 2020

The first vaccine shot tested for coronavirus is administered in Seattle(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Monday scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin an anxiously awaited first-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in record time

Details: Written by RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press; Published: 16 March 2020

Tyler Baldwin mops the floor after closing for the night at the Taproom at Pike Place, Sunday, March 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The ban wouldn't apply to grocery stores and pharmacies and that restaurants could continue take-out and delivery services

Details: Written by The Skanner News from wire reports; Published: 15 March 2020

Jails, libraries and schools close and Port of Seattle issues new rules for travelers as emergency measures are taken across the nation

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 13 March 2020

(Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)

In a letter, doctors acknowledge that Gov. Brown is in a difficult situation managing the crisis but said they are unequipped to handle the influx of patients that could come

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 12 March 2020

$250 million housing services program would be funded through business tax

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 12 March 2020

The Oregon Health Authority reported two men in their 80s at the Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon have become infected with COVID-19, with the statewide total being 21