Oregon officials expect to receive $2.45 billion from the federal CARES Act, and more than half of the money is due by the end of next week.

That portion, $1.6 billion, will be split between the state, the city of Portland and Multnomah and Washington counties to pay for unbudgeted COVID-19 expenses through the rest of the year. Other jurisdictions will receive their share from the state.

Here are more developments to know Friday:

NURSING HOMES: State officials found a litany of problems with how a Portland nursing home that has emerged as hotbed of coronavirus handled sick patients. At least 14 residents of the home have died. A second outbreak at a veterans home in Lebanon has now killed six residents. A worker at a third senior care home filed a whistleblower lawsuit, alleging she was fired after raising concerns that large gatherings at the facility put residents at risk to get coronavirus.

EDUCATION: The Oregon Department of Education released new grading guidelines for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, telling high schools not to assign letter grades, and instead mark students’ work as passing or incomplete.

TRANSPARENCY: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an order directing local governments to keep meetings open to the public. She told cities and school boards to adhere to the state’s open meetings mandate by using available technology, such as livestreams online.

JOBS: The governor announced Oregon will eventually waive a “waiting week” for unemployment claims, boosting the amount of benefits coming into the state by millions of dollars. The change will apply retroactively to workers already receiving benefits, the governor’s office said. Nearly 300,000 workers have now filed jobless claims, accounting for 15% of all jobs statewide.

CASES: At least 64 people have now died from COVID-19 in Oregon, state health officials said. The tally includes six new deaths disclosed Thursday. More than 1,700 people have been sickened by the virus.

BUSINESS: The Small Business Administration’s coronavirus relief program has run out of funding, frustrating Oregon’s small business owners. Some local tattoo shops and artists are coming up with new ways to make money while the pandemic keeps businesses closed.

HELP: Members of PopMob and the Rosehip Medic Collective, groups known for their activism, are making free hand sanitizer to distribute to frontline workers and homeless residents.

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-- The Oregonian/OregonLive