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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

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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.

Details: Written by LISA BAUMANN and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press; Published: 26 April 2023

(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Opposing groups sued in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, saying the law violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 25 April 2023

Critics object to the way the program would be financed.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 25 April 2023

Rukaiyah Adams will lead the 1803 Fund.

Investments in Portland’s historic Black community will be managed by the newly established 1803 Fund, headed by Rukaiyah Adams

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 21 April 2023

Gov. Tina Kotek

The Democratic governor said regardless of the court’s decision about mifepristone’s availability, patients in Oregon will have access to it for years.

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 20 April 2023

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of smoke at music festivals, celebrate with all-you-can-deals on munchies, and take advantage of pot-shop discounts in legal weed states.