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New Jersey is about to be the only state where customers can’t pump their own gas, thanks to a new Oregon law

For years, New Jersey was basically the only state in the country that wouldn’t let customers pump their own gas. The exception was some parts of Oregon that were also holding out on a ban. But that’s about to change.

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Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible

Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside

The Independent UK

Oregon Democrats vote to fine absent senators amid GOP walkout

Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout

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As Oregon Senate GOP boycott hits 'crucial point,' governor begins talks

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has begun meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders of the statehouse to try to end a three-week-old boycott by GOP senators

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

Oregon bans PFAS in food containers

Lawmakers say the legislation was “a long time coming"

Salon

GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more

Republican members of the Oregon Senate have extended their boycott into a second day, delaying bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care

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Oregon secretary of state resigns due to marijuana job

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has announced her resignation amid sharp criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for having moonlighted as a highly-paid consultant to a marijuana business

The Independent UK

Oregon secretary of state is sorry for outside marijuana job

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has apologized for taking a job as a consultant for a marijuana company

The Independent UK

Marijuana job lands Oregon Secretary of State in trouble

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for her resignation and the Democratic governor seeking investigations because Fagan took a consulting job with a marijuana firm

The Independent UK

Democratic states stockpile abortion pills as legal fight for access looms

US supreme court has preserved access to mifespristone for now, but blue states announce plans to safeguard abortion rights

The Guardian - US

Oregon governor buys up abortions pills ahead of Supreme Court ruling

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she has directed the state to obtain a supply of the most commonly used abortion medication in the U.S. amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to it

The Independent UK

Oregon secures 3-year supply of abortion-inducing medication

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she has directed the state to obtain a supply of the most commonly used abortion medication in the U.S. amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to it

The Independent UK

Governors push faster construction to meet housing needs

PORTLAND, Oregon — Dick Anderson, a Republican state senator from coastal Oregon, has a chart and a readymade joke to illustrate the housing crisis facing his state. Up until 2006, his figures show, home building was on an upward trajectory in Oregon. But once he retired from a career in…

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Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness

Oregon lawmakers have approved $200 million to tackle the state's homelessness and housing crises

The Independent UK

Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries

Oregon's Legislature is considering a bill that experts say would create the nation’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity

The Independent UK

Oregon’s top liquor official resigns after admitting to hoarding rare bourbon from state warehouse

Officials bought rare bottles from state warehouse, investigation found

The Independent UK

Love of rare liquor lands Oregon officials in criminal probe

The Oregon Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into allegations that senior officials in the state’s alcohol regulatory agency violated ethics laws by diverting rare bourbons for personal use

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The Independent UK

Heads may roll in Oregon agency due to love for rare bourbon

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has asked the board of commissioners of the state’s marijuana and alcohol regulating authority to remove its executive director and other leaders who allegedly abused their position for personal gain

Fortune

Housing activists clash with environmentalists over mass timber factory homes: ‘We have to do this’

Housing activists say mass timber uses less energy and emits less carbon than concrete and steel. Environmentalists say not so fast.

Tribune News Service

As pandemic rent relief ends, states struggle to prevent homelessness

PORTLAND, Ore. — For almost three years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states have had an unwelcome but ideal laboratory to test potential solutions to slow eviction, one of the most persistent challenges in preventing homelessness.

The Independent UK

"A man-made disaster:" Oregon's new governor tackles housing

Oregon's newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed three executive orders to tackle the state's housing and homelessness crises on her first full day in office Tuesday

The Independent UK

Oregon's new governor sworn in, declares homeless emergency

Liberal Democrat Tina Kotek unveiled measures to combat homelessness as she was sworn in as Oregon's new governor

The Independent UK

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

Record 12 women to serve as governors, with notable firsts

A record 12 women will take their seats as their states' highest-ranking elected officials when the nation's governors are sworn in this winter

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