For weeks I have been talking to the Governor's office and agencies about our situation here in HD 10. The central and north coast currently suffer the highest unemployment rates in the state.
One of the most visible and devastating impacts of the state’s stay-at-home order to protect us from the human health crisis presented by COVID-19 has been mass layoffs.
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in July, the same as the revised June rate of 4.0 percent and the state's lowest unemployment rate in the current series dating to 1976.
