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'OPB Politics Now': Wrapping Up The Oregon Legislature’s Special Session

Oregon Public Broadcasting | By Anna Griffin, Jeff Mapes, Dirk VanderHart

Published July 1, 2020 at 7:33 AM PDT

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<p>Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, addresses the state Senate during a special session called to address police reform and coronavirus concerns, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.</p> — Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, addresses the state Senate during a special session called to address police reform and coronavirus concerns, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

Oregon lawmakers met for an unusual special session last week focused on COVID-19 and racial justice.

But there’s a lot they didn’t get done.

This week, on "OPB Politics Now," we look at what has and hasn’t changed in police accountability and the big questions still to come on Oregon’s coronavirus response.