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More absentee ballot drop box legislation introduced in 2023 than at this point in 2022

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 23, Brew.

Ballotpedia

State lawmakers eye forced treatment to address overlap in homelessness and mental illness

Many of the unhoused people in Portland, Oregon, live in tents pitched on sidewalks or in aging campers parked in small convoys behind grocery stores.

Tribune News Service

Victims of deadly Oregon highway crash were farmworkers, union says

An Oregon union says the victims of one of the state's deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically commute home after toiling in the harvest

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Truck driver in Oregon crash that killed seven arrested on suspicion of drunk driving

Four more people injured in deadly collision on Interstate 5 on Thursday after truck hit passenger van

The Guardian - US

Don't Mix Rare Bourbon With State Power

Oregon liquor regulators were caught diverting prized whiskey for personal use.

Reason

Oregon police investigate multi-vehicle crash that killed 7 on Interstate 5

Authorities in Oregon are investigating one of the deadliest freeway crashes the state has seen in recent years

The Independent UK

Oregon Interstate 5 crash: Seven dead after two trucks and van 'sandwich' together

Bodies of the victims could be seen in a field alongside the Interstate 5 in Oregon, on the US Pacific north-west. It is one of the state's deadliest crashes in recent memory

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Three Oregon Senators Become Ineligible For Re-election Under Measure 113

On May 15, three senators involved with the walkout declared ineligible to be re-elected to a subsequent term under Measure 113

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7 dead in vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon

Oregon State Police say seven people are dead and others were hurt in a crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 5 near Albany

The Independent UK

Truck driver arrested for suspected DUI over Oregon crash that left seven dead

The crash occured on I-5 in Marion County, south of Portland

The Independent UK

On abortion, Democrats take a risk on repeal of parental notification laws

Illinois repealed parental notification in 2021. Bills to repeal these laws are being introduced in Minnesota, Oregon, Michigan and elsewhere, and it’s creating a divide in the party, S.E. Cupp writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolphins Wire UDFA Player Profile: Oregon S Bennett Williams

There seems to be a pipeline from Oregon to South Florida.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Three Oregon senators become ineligible for re-election under Measure 113 as the legislative walkout continues

On May 15, three senators involved with the walkout—Daniel Bonham (R), Dennis Linthicum (R), and Brian Boquist (I)—accrued their 10th unexcused absences, a threshold making them ineligible to be re-elected to a subsequent term under Measure 113, a ballot measure Oregon voters approved in 2022.

Ballotpedia

Punishing heatwave grips Pacific north-west as wildfires rage in western Canada

Temperatures pushed past 90F (32C) with forecasters warning they would remain 20-30 degrees higher than average this week

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Extended boycott disqualifies 2 GOP senators, 1 independent in Oregon Senate from being reelected

Republicans and an independent senator in the Oregon Senate stretched their walkout to 10 days, triggering a new constitutional provision that prohibits lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from being reelected

WEKU

The Supreme Court outlawed split juries, but hundreds remain in prison anyway

In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.

WEKU

An unusually early heat wave in the Pacific Northwest is testing records

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

The Guardian - US

Unusual early heatwave set to sweep Pacific north-west of US

Record-breaking temperatures expected as National Weather Service issues heat advisory for parts of Oregon and Washington

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The Independent UK

Unusually early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

An unusually early heat wave is expected to start Saturday and last through Monday in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

‘Swastika Mountain’ in Oregon gets a new name

The mountain’s name change was approved in mid-April after residents petitioned to have it changed

The Guardian - US

Oregon Republican boycott threatens key bills on abortion and gun control

Walkout lasting more than a week has thrown statehouse into disarray and jeopardized Democrats’ legislative agenda

The Independent UK

Early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters' own political careers

A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures

Guitar World

The worlds of reverb and tremolo come crashing together in Catalinbread's new Tremol8 pedal

The Portland, Oregon firm's answer to the Strymon Flint and Fender Tre-Verb was inspired by the Fender Showman, but also features a wide variety of other tremolo/'verb effects, with plenty of tweakability, to boot

The Independent UK

Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers

Officials in a rural county in northeastern Oregon have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for five more data centers there

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