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Details: Written by ED KOMENDA Associated Press; Published: 05 May 2023

Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber sits for an interview at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming healthcare in Oregon this week are basing their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an 8th- or 9th-grader.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 03 May 2023

Photographer Ivan McClellan in Rowena Crest, Oregon.

Eight Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo promotes vibrant Black cowboy culture.

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 03 May 2023

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy — a development that has put the state on the brink of decriminalizing possession of fentanyl and other drugs

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 May 2023

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan

In a statement issued this morning, Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said, "While I am confident that the ethics investigation will show that I followed the state’s legal and ethical guidelines in trying to make ends meet for my family, it is clear that my actions have become a distraction..."

Details: Written by CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press; Published: 01 May 2023

(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

School leaders say the omnipresent logo and “Warrior” name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only U.S. city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 01 May 2023

Washington Rep. Debra Lekanoff, D-Bow, speaks on March 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

The cold cause unit will operate within the state Attorney General’s Office and will assist federal, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in investigating unsolved cases involving Indigenous people, who are disproportionately targeted by violence.

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 30 April 2023

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says she stepped back from a recent audit of the state’s marijuana regulators to avoid conflict of interest but Republicans are pushing for her to resign while Gov Tina Kotek wants an investigation.

Details: Written by ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press; Published: 28 April 2023

(AP Photo/Sam Hodde)

PGE announced that it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm the planet

about-marijuana

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 28 April 2023

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states — particularly California, which also has a vast oversupply — for the export market if marijuana is ever legalized nationally.

Details: Written by CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 26 April 2023

(AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

For most of her life, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. Six years ago she moved to Oregon, where she had readier access to the gender-affirming health care she needed to live as her authentic self.

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