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The Latest Breaking News from Oregon

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Oregon judge halts voter-approved high-capacity magazine ban

An Oregon judge has handed guns rights advocates a victory and placed a new, voter-approved ban on high-capacity magazines on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided

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Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private

Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, will soon know how much water Google’s data centers there have been using to cool the computers

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Mixed reactions to Oregon governor commuting death row

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's decision to commute all 17 of the state's death sentences has drawn mixed reactions

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$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon

Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

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An update on 153 state legislative leadership roles

Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew.

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown explains why she commuted all of her state's death sentences

In her final weeks in office, Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 people on death row in the state. Capital punishment is legal in Oregon, though its last execution was in 1997.

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Oregon's LGBTQ community worries that a new law will keep them from obtaining guns

Oregon's Measure 114 gives county sheriffs and police chiefs discretion to determine who qualifies to purchase a firearm. Opponents say the criteria to make those decisions is ambiguous.

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‘Firmageddon’: Oregon conifers suffer record die-off as climate crisis hits hard

More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought

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Oregon governor commutes sentences of all death row inmates in state

Ms Brown is the latest Oregon governor to extend a moratorium on executions in the state

The Independent UK

Oregon's Governor Commutes Sentences of All State Death Row Inmates

Brown: “The state should not be in the business of executing people.”

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Death penalty branded ‘immoral’ as 17 criminals are spared executions by state

Oregon Governor Kate Brown used her executive powers to change the sentences to life in prison without a chance of parole. The Democrat politician has a history of releasing convicts

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Oregon man stalking ex-girlfriend shot dead by her family

‘Stalking is one of those crimes where law enforcement has a hard time doing anything,’ domestic violence expert says

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How Colorado’s radical decriminalization could shape the future of legal psychedelics

Colorado and Oregon offer distinct windows into how efforts to decriminalize psychedelics and legalize psychedelic medicine may play out in other states.

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Lumber company settles lawsuits from Mill fire that devastated Northern Californian town

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Oregon wood products manufacturer that operates a Northern California lumber mill linked to September’s deadly Mill fire has reached settlement agreements with most of those who brought claims against the company, attorneys for the company and for fire victims said Tuesday.

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Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced she is commuting the sentences of all of the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution

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Oregon judge extends ban on parts of tough new gun law

An Oregon judge on Tuesday extended his order blocking a key part of a new, voter-approved gun law and was hearing arguments on whether to also prevent the law’s ban on high-capacity magazines from taking effect

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‘A remarkable sign’: flurry of wolf births offers hope for California comeback

Grey wolves from Oregon may now be thriving in California, after vanishing more than a century ago

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Oregon loses 2nd elections director in as many years

Oregon is losing its second elections director in as many years, with the current one announcing her resignation

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Oregon lawsuit spotlights destruction of Black neighborhoods

A lawsuit says racism motivated Oregon’s largest city to destroy Black residents’ homes and force them out of their neighborhood decades ago

Reason

Oregon's Anti-Vape Laws Will Put This Deaf Immigrant's Hookah Shop Out of Business

You can smoke all the pot you want, but flavored tobacco or nicotine is soon to be illegal.

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The top-ranked 2023 recruit in each state represented in the recruiting rankings (plus D.C.)

USA Today High School Sports takes a look at the top-ranked class of 2023 football recruit in each state represented in the recruiting rankings.

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As psychedelic therapy arrives, pros learn how to lead trips

DAMASCUS, Ore. — Among tall Douglas fir and oak trees, surrounded by a winding creek that feeds into the Clackamas River, a new kind of therapist is being minted in Oregon.

Reason

A Federal Judge Suggests That Oregon's 10-Round Magazine Limit Does Not Implicate the Second Amendment

The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court.

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Awash in illegal marijuana, Oregon looks at toughening laws

In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being told it would eliminate problems caused by “uncontrolled manufacture” of the drug

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