Salem — The Oregon Health Authority’s adoption of permanent rules last month requiring masks to be worn in schools is creating confusion and causing some people to be unduly worried. Mark Mulvihill, ...

No, "permanent" does not mean the rule would be in place forever. It's legal jargon, not a literal description. It means a rule can remain in place indefinitely, without a prescribed expiration date, ...

Oregon's current indoor mask mandate is set to expire in February, but health officials are getting ahead of the deadline by instead drafting a permanent set of rules, Oregon's KGW8 and KATU report.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The temporary rule of "masks in schools and vaccines for teachers" was set to expire Friday. "As the temporary rules expire, we’ve gone through the permanent rulemaking process, to ...

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) assembled a Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) earlier this week to address a permanent indoor mask mandate in the state. Oregon is one of a few states that still retain ...