On this day, May 6, 2000 the first geocaching cache was found hidden outside Portland, Oregon, by Mike Teague.
Also on this day, May 6, 2004, facing allegaions of rape of a teenage babysitter back in 1973, former Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt resigned from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and other public positions. Soon, he released a confession that he "had an affair with a high school student." The scandal not only implicated the former governor, but raised questions about why the media never reported on it for decades.
Instead guarantee insurance coverage for essential health care visits
House Republicans have negotiated a fix to
SB 1529 to ensure that Oregonians can receive insurance coverage for annual primary care and mental health care doctor visits.
SB 1529 previously included a proposal from Democrats that would have given the Oregon Health Authority’s public health director, an unelected bureaucrat, the same powers as the Governor to declare a health emergency and dictate mandates related to that emergency. Republicans successfully changed the bill to prevent OHA from gaining this inappropriate power.
“Oregonians need better access to health care, not a state agency with more power to dictate mandates,†said House Republican Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville).
“The pandemic was and still is exhausting for hardworking Oregonians,†said Representative Raquel Moore-Green (R-Salem), a member of the House Committee on Health Care. “Rather than empowering OHA to declare more frequent emergencies and mandates, this bill gives Oregonians better access to affordable health care.â€
SB 1529 is scheduled for third reading and vote on the House floor today, March 1.
--Staff Reports| Post Date: 2022-03-01 10:25:43 | Last Update: 2022-03-01 11:17:04 |
