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We talk with Democratic House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, and Republican Leader Christine Drazan, R-Canby, about their legislative priorities and how they plan to address the many crises facing the state.

Latinos in Oregon are five times more likely to get COVID-19 than the white population. In response, Portland State University has started a program to train bilingual college students to become contact tracers.

While some schools in Oregon have in-person instruction, others remain closed. We hear from John Larson, president of the Oregon Education Association, about getting more kids back in schools.

In a few weeks, Oregon will have a ShakeAlert system — a network of sensors that can detect seismic shifts and send out an alert via mobile devices seconds before shaking begins.

More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after wildfires destroyed their homes in September, 2020. FEMA denied almost two thirds of those requests.

Violence and harassment against Asian Americans has increased significantly across the country over the past year. In Portland, several Asian-owned businesses were recently vandalized

The CVS pharmacy chain has begun administering coronavirus vaccinations across California. As of Friday afternoon, appointments at most but not all cities had been filled.

We hear from OPB education reporter Elizabeth Miller about how east Multnomah County school districts are making the switch to hybrid models.

A conservative slate of candidates for the Bend-La Pine school board have gotten national media coverage, but have avoided local candidate forums.

Recent graduates from Willamette University College of Law formed a racial justice task force to examine a tool attorneys use during jury selection.