https://twitter.com/OregonGovBrown/status/1255319771962359811
A heartfelt thank you to the Fujian Province, Oregon's sister state in China, for the gift of 50,000 masks. Oregon will pay it forward in the future.
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really need some help out west
https://www.kptv.com/news/oregon-state-parks-and-recreation-announces-extension-of-closures-due-to-pandemic/article_d280629a-8a7a-11ea-9879-4f1085eba248.html
Oregon State Parks and Recreation has extended park closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure will now be extended past May 8, with no reopening date in place, and reservations for camping and day-use have been cancelled through May 25.
Refunds are being sent out for reservations that have been canceled.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200429000773&np=1&mp=1
US Congress introduces bill to ban strike against N. Korea
US Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced Tuesday legislation that would bar President Donald Trump from waging military action against North Korea, unless Pyongyang delivers a preemptive strike or the US Congress authorizes it in advance.
The bill, initially introduced in 2017 but which failed to get past the committee approval, surfaced again amid lingering tensions over recent conflicting reports on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health and his whereabouts.
“The president must come to Congress before starting a war, period,” Rep. Khanna said in a separate online press release, adding the US should prioritize a diplomatic approach to achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula in the event of a leadership change in Pyongyang.
Trump still better than the other candidates
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/ID/25449/April-29-2020-News-Read.aspx
COVID-19 Monitoring Could Turn Hawaii Into A Tourist ‘Prison Camp,’ Critics Say
Tourists could be required to wear ankle monitors, subject themselves to GPS tracking or facial recognition technology, and/or be quarantined in a guarded facility for the duration of their two-week isolation period…
The potential policies are still being vetted, Attorney General Clare Connors said at a Senate committee meeting on Friday, but they’re already getting some pushback.
“There definitely has to be a monitoring system in place, but it doesn’t have to consist of drastic measures,” said House Speaker Scott Saiki. “Some of these proposals sound a little too drastic, a little too extreme.”…
Malia Hill, policy director for the think tank Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, said the ideas are “positively Orwellian.”
“There are serious questions in terms of civil liberties and privacy,” she said.
What officials are considering sounds like a “prison camp,” according to Hill. She believes they are likely to do longterm harm to Hawaii’s reputation as a vacation destination.
“Can Hawaii recover from people posting on Facebook, ‘Just got to Hawaii. Here’s my ankle monitor tan’?” Hill asked….