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* Oregon’s draft rules limit serving sizes of marijuana-infused edibles
* High winds, hazardous conditions possible at Oregon Coast, forecasters warn
* Mass shootings in Oregon: a list
* New rape-kit testing policies need follow-through
* Oregon Supreme Court rejects appeal from parents convicted in faith healing death
* Obama to travel to Roseburg on Friday; residents plan protests
* Rising rents, lack of affordable housing causes jump in homeless students statewide
* Oregon Supreme Court says Oracle executives can be sued personally over Cover Oregon
* Pot use among young people in Multnomah County in spotlight
* Oldest man on Oregon’s death row appeals to governor for release to hospice
* Accused killer of Rainier police chief must be medicated for insanity, court says
* New rape-kit testing policies need follow-through — Opinion
* New Seasons’ wage hike shows business challenges beyond setting the minimum — Opinion
* Tim Nesbitt: A promising game plan for health care reform — Guest Opinion
* Compromise key to sensible gun regulation — Guest Opinion
* Groups signal lawsuit over US effort to save bull trout
* Oregon legislator hadn’t met a transgender person until now
* Oregon pols oppose GMO labeling preemption
* Rare Sierra Nevada red fox in Oregon
* Expanded Oregon Caves has solid first season
* Estimate: Initial pot sales strong
* Visitors to Eastern Oregon’s Painted Hills up 61 percent
* Oregon Arts Summit focused on diversity and inclusion
* Get rid of Oregon Pioneer atop the state Capitol — Opinion
* Historical artifacts reportedly found at Eugene Whole Foods site
* President Obama to arrive in Eugene aboard Air Force One at 11:35 a.m. Friday en route to Roseburg
* Marine One at Eugene Airport; ready for President Obamas visit to Roseburg
* Groups signal plan to sue over federal proposal to boost struggling bull trout in 5 states
* Studies by Oregon researchers hint that mild pot-induced paranoia may have a public health benefit
* Programs help homeless vets find, keep housing — Guest Opinion
* Profiling the mentally ill: Who judges risks? — Opinion
* Kotek cites group’s figures in pegging minimum wage
* OLCC Releases New Draft Rules for Marijuana Sales
* Portland Gets Nation’s First Wooden Highrise Building
* Oregon Receives $2 Million In Specialty Crop Funds
* Idaho ranks No. 2 in West in net farm income, behind California
* Wolf-friendly beef idea patronizing to ranchers — Opinion
* Impending deadline could stop rail shipments in their tracks — Opinion
* ODFW report says Oregon has met criteria to delist wolves
* Since You Asked: Contractors must be licensed with the state
* Buckley leaves his mark — Opinion
* Lewis and Clark National Historical Park concerned about Oregon LNG
* No ESA listing for rare fox in Oregon
* State waives some rules for debris removal
* Trying to process the tragedy — Opinion
* Farm dollars have a big local impact — Opinion
* Mallams is right in fight with state — Guest Opinion
* Look for road work on Highway 395
* Secession idea is interesting — Opinion
* Gov. Kate Brown Heads to Hong Kong, China and Japan for First Trade Mission
* Oregon’s first week of recreational pot sales tops $11 million
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OREGON’S DRAFT RULES LIMIT SERVING SIZES OF MARIJUANA-INFUSED EDIBLES (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon would limit serving sizes of marijuana-infused candies, drinks and other foods in the medical and recreational markets under a set of temporary draft rules released this week.
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HIGH WINDS, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT OREGON COAST, FORECASTERS WARN (Portland Oregonian)
The upcoming Columbus Day weekend might not be the best choice for a getaway to the Oregon Coast.
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MASS SHOOTINGS IN OREGON: A LIST (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon shootings in which a gunman opened random fire in a public place excluding gang-related shootings.
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NEW RAPE-KIT TESTING POLICIES NEED FOLLOW-THROUGH (Portland Oregonian)
It’s always tricky to calculate the costs of inaction. But Oregon State Police Superintendent Richard Evans Jr. was able to give legislators last week some rudimentary dimensions on the challenge ahead for his agency in its pledge to work through a decades-long stockpile of untested sex-assault evidence kits.
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OREGON SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL FROM PARENTS CONVICTED IN FAITH HEALING DEATH (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon Supreme Court upheld the conviction Thursday of an Oregon City couple that relied on faith healing to treat their prematurely born son who died because he did not receive prompt medical care.
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OBAMA TO TRAVEL TO ROSEBURG ON FRIDAY; RESIDENTS PLAN PROTESTS (Portland Oregonian)
President Barack Obama will arrive in Roseburg on Friday morning to meet with families of victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting.
Obama is scheduled to land at Eugene Airport at 11:40, according to details released by the White House on Thursday.
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RISING RENTS, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAUSES JUMP IN HOMELESS STUDENTS STATEWIDE (Portland Oregonian)
Rising rent costs and inadequate affordable housing have likely caused the number of homeless students in Oregon to spike, especially in the Portland area, officials say.
Statewide about 20,524 Oregon youth were homeless last year, making up about 4 percent of students, according to data released by the Oregon Department of Education October 1.
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OREGON SUPREME COURT SAYS ORACLE EXECUTIVES CAN BE SUED PERSONALLY OVER COVER OREGON (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon Supreme Court issued a terse order Thursday rejecting Oracle’s effort to shield top executives from being enmeshed personally in the state’s fraud and racketeering claims against the California software giant.
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POT USE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN SPOTLIGHT (Portland Oregonian)
Multnomah County teens use marijuana at rates higher than teens in the rest of Oregon and the country, and they say the drug is easy to get.
Among young adults in the county, pot use is not only common but appears to be on the rise, according to the latest health statistics.
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OLDEST MAN ON OREGON’S DEATH ROW APPEALS TO GOVERNOR FOR RELEASE TO HOSPICE (Portland Oregonian)
Mark Pinnell, the oldest inmate on Oregon’s death row, is making a last-ditch appeal to spend his final days outside of prison in hospice as he dies from severe chronic pulmonary disease.
Pinnell, 67, was among the first to seek clemency after former Gov. Kitzhaber declared a moratorium on executions in November 2011. His co-defendant is a free man, having left prison in 2011 after serving nearly 26 years behind bars.
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ACCUSED KILLER OF RAINIER POLICE CHIEF MUST BE MEDICATED FOR INSANITY, COURT SAYS (Portland Oregonian)
In a question of who knows best — three doctors at the Oregon state mental hospital or a judge —- the Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a man accused of killing Rainier’s police chief in 2011 can be forced to take anti-psychotic drugs.
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NEW RAPE-KIT TESTING POLICIES NEED FOLLOW-THROUGH — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
It’s always tricky to calculate the costs of inaction. But Oregon State Police Superintendent Richard Evans Jr. was able to give legislators last week some rudimentary dimensions on the challenge ahead for his agency in its pledge to work through a decades-long stockpile of untested sex-assault evidence kits.
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NEW SEASONS’ WAGE HIKE SHOWS BUSINESS CHALLENGES BEYOND SETTING THE MINIMUM — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Can profit-driven capitalism thrive alongside Portland’s progressive ethics? New Seasons Market, which has turned the phrases “organically grown” and “locally produced” into the building blocks of a successful corporate chain, seems to set the standard for how it can be done.
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TIM NESBITT: A PROMISING GAME PLAN FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
If what insurers call “covered lives” were the measure of success for the Affordable Care Act ACA, Oregon would be vying for national honors in the health care playoffs.
Despite the disastrous launch of our health insurance exchange in 2013, we have managed to reduce our uninsured population by a greater proportion than any other state in the country.
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COMPROMISE KEY TO SENSIBLE GUN REGULATION — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
I have a lot of frustration in me right now. I had hoped that after the horrific events that unfolded at Umpqua Community College last week, something would change. I had hoped that we could come together as a community, as a nation, to prevent another tragedy from occurring.
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GROUPS SIGNAL LAWSUIT OVER US EFFORT TO SAVE BULL TROUT (Portland Oregonian)
A federal plan to bolster threatened populations of bull trout in Oregon, Washington and other Western states falls short, two conservation groups said as they filed notice of their intention to sue the government.
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OREGON LEGISLATOR HADN’T MET A TRANSGENDER PERSON UNTIL NOW (Portland Oregonian)
Last month, after Rep. Carl Wilson announced he will introduce a bill to ban transgender teenagers from having sex reassignment surgery, the Grants Pass legislator admitted he had not yet knowingly met a transgender person.
Elaine Walquist decided to be his first.
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OREGON POLS OPPOSE GMO LABELING PREEMPTION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Three Oregon legislators are among 95 lawmakers across the nation urging Congress to reject a proposed law that would prevent states from requiring labels on food made with GMOs.
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RARE SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX IN OREGON (Salem Statesman Journal)
The Sierra Nevada red fox has been added as a strategy species in the 2015 draft update of the Oregon Conservation Strategy after ongoing studies found the rare species in the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington and Three Sisters Wilderness areas.
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EXPANDED OREGON CAVES HAS SOLID FIRST SEASON (Salem Statesman Journal)
There were a few bumps along the way, but officials ended the summer happy with the first season at the newly-expanded Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
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ESTIMATE: INITIAL POT SALES STRONG (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oregon’s budding recreational marijuana industry estimated strong sales during the state’s first week of legal retail sales.
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VISITORS TO EASTERN OREGON’S PAINTED HILLS UP 61 PERCENT (Salem Statesman Journal)
Warm weather and savvy marketing are two elements fueling the boom of visitors to Eastern Oregon’s Painted Hills during the past two years.
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OREGON ARTS SUMMIT FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Nearly 200 leaders from Oregon’s arts community convened Oct. 1-3 for the annual Oregon Arts Summit in Ashland to discuss ways to strengthen the statewide arts community.
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GET RID OF OREGON PIONEER ATOP THE STATE CAPITOL — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Lets tear down the Gold Man, more formally known as the Oregon Pioneer statue atop the state Capitol, and do something useful with it: Sell it.
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HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS REPORTEDLY FOUND AT EUGENE WHOLE FOODS SITE (Eugene Register-Guard)
Historical artifacts have apparently turned up at the Whole Foods Market site in downtown Eugene.
Construction work for the market began in July, after crews demolished a restaurant and credit union building on the site at Broadway and High Street.
But few workers have been seen there in the last week. An archaeological excavation permit issued by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office sheds some light as to why.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ARRIVE IN EUGENE ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE AT 11:35 A.M. FRIDAY EN ROUTE TO ROSEBURG (Eugene Register-Guard)
The White House on Thursday released some new details of President Obama’s trip to Roseburg on Friday to visit privately with families of victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting.
The president is scheduled to arrive at Eugene Airport aboard Air Force One at 11:35 a.m. Friday.
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MARINE ONE AT EUGENE AIRPORT; READY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO ROSEBURG (Eugene Register-Guard)
-At least two helicopters will be available to take the president to Roseburg for a planned Friday visit-
Marine One is here.
At least that’s what it will be called when President Obama and his staff step aboard one of at least two Marine Corps helicopters that arrived at the Eugene Airport on Tuesday afternoon, carried here aboard Air Force cargo planes.
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GROUPS SIGNAL PLAN TO SUE OVER FEDERAL PROPOSAL TO BOOST STRUGGLING BULL TROUT IN 5 STATES (Eugene Register-Guard)
A federal plan to bolster threatened populations of bull trout in five Western states falls short, two conservation groups said as they filed notice of their intention to sue the government.
The proposal to aid the fish’s recovery violates the Endangered Species Act, the groups Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan said in a notice Wednesday to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
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STUDIES BY OREGON RESEARCHERS HINT THAT MILD POT-INDUCED PARANOIA MAY HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFIT (Eugene Register-Guard)
College students abandon condom use when binge drinking but not when they’re stoned a study by an Oregon State University researcher found.
In addition, in the year after 14 states legalized medical marijuana, traffic fatalities fell by roughly 10 percent, a study by a University of Oregon researcher found.
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PROGRAMS HELP HOMELESS VETS FIND, KEEP HOUSING — GUEST OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
The death by exposure on a frigid winter night of military veteran Maj. Thomas Egan in 2008 placed a bright spotlight on the plight of homeless veterans.
One local response was the creation of the Thomas Egan Warming Centers, staffed by caring volunteers, providing shelter to the homeless on cold winter nights.
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PROFILING THE MENTALLY ILL: WHO JUDGES RISKS? — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
I grew up watching the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, where exuberance occasionally got the better of a fan who would run onto the field, stopping play until he could be removed. It happened so often that WGN-TV developed a policy of refusing to show the trespass, using the delay instead to remind viewers that this path to infamy was now closed.
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KOTEK CITES GROUP’S FIGURES IN PEGGING MINIMUM WAGE (Portland Tribune)
A group of Portland business leaders working quietly to shape the debate over an Oregon minimum wage hike has already had an impact.
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OLCC RELEASES NEW DRAFT RULES FOR MARIJUANA SALES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission OLCC has released a 70-page document outlining draft rules for recreational marijuana sales in Oregon, in advance of a public hearing tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. at the commission offices on 9079 SE McLoughlin Boulevard.
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PORTLAND GETS NATION’S FIRST WOODEN HIGHRISE BUILDING (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Portland is getting the country’s first wooden highrise building, along with a project in New York. Architects say they can use a technology called cross-laminated timber to erect tall buildings that are more sustainable and easier to build. Advocates also say it could breathe new life into Oregon’s timber industry.
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OREGON RECEIVES $2 MILLION IN SPECIALTY CROP FUNDS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this years Specialty Crop Block Grant Programs Funds.
In Oregon, nearly $2 million will fund 24 projects to help boost the competitiveness of the states crops. Mainly fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, nursery crops and other specialty crops.
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IDAHO RANKS NO. 2 IN WEST IN NET FARM INCOME, BEHIND CALIFORNIA (Capital Press)
Idaho ranked No. 2 among the 11 Western states for net farm income in 2014, despite trailing the No. 3 state, Washington, significantly in total farm gate receipts.
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WOLF-FRIENDLY BEEF IDEA PATRONIZING TO RANCHERS — OPINION (Capital Press)
-A “wolf friendly” beef marketing label is not a substitute for a viable wolf management plan that includes a host of control options, including lethal measures for problem wolves.-
There isn’t anyone who hasn’t said something that sounded better in their head than it did when they said it out loud.
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IMPENDING DEADLINE COULD STOP RAIL SHIPMENTS IN THEIR TRACKS — OPINION (Capital Press)
-Congress must act to loosen the deadline for implementing positive train control.-
Spring planting may seem quite far off, but farmers are already looking ahead with a wary eye on something that may derail all their plans a nationwide railroad shutdown.
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ODFW REPORT SAYS OREGON HAS MET CRITERIA TO DELIST WOLVES (East Oregonian) http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/capital-bureau/20151008/odfw-report-says-oregon-has-met-criteria-to-delist-wolves
-The ODFW Commission meeting coincides with controversy over livestock and wolf deaths and an upcoming de-listing decision.-
Taking wolves off Oregon’s endangered species list wont significantly affect their management because the state wolf plan would remain in place, according to a biological status review that will be presented to the state wildlife commission on Friday.
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SINCE YOU ASKED: CONTRACTORS MUST BE LICENSED WITH THE STATE (Medford Mail Tribune)
Isn’t it required by Jackson County and the state of Oregon to have a license when working as a contractor in Medford and surrounding areas?
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BUCKLEY LEAVES HIS MARK — OPINION (Ashland Daily Tidings)
State Rep. Peter Buckley’s decision not to seek a seventh term will be a disappointment to his supporters, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. As co-chairman of the budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee, he has one of the toughest jobs in the Legislature, one that is likely to be tougher than ever in the 2017 budget session.
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LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK CONCERNED ABOUT OREGON LNG (Daily Astorian)
The U.S. Department of the Interior sends a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission expressing the park’s misgivings toward FERC’s draft environmental review of the $6 billion project.
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NO ESA LISTING FOR RARE FOX IN OREGON (Bend Bulletin) http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3581806-151/no-esa-listing-for-rare-fox-in-oregon
-Research shows Sierra Nevada red fox found in Cascades near Bend-
Sierra Nevada red fox will not be listed for federal Endangered Species Act protection, due in part to discoveries about the rare fox in the Central Oregon Cascades.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the agency would not list the fox in Oregon.
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STATE WAIVES SOME RULES FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL (Blue Mountain Eagle) http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20151007/state-waives-some-rules-for-debris-removal
-State makes wildfire cleanup easier by waiving fees, rules for debris removal-
The state has waived some rules that will make it easier for counties and property owners to manage ash and other debris from the recent major wildfires.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Director Dick Pedersen has signed an emergency order that, besides providing flexibility to waste disposal efforts, also waives fees associated with these cleanup efforts _________________________________________
TRYING TO PROCESS THE TRAGEDY — OPINION (Douglas County News-Review) http://www.nrtoday.com/news/opinion/18539716-113/column-trying-to-process-the-tragedy
As the city editor of The News-Review in Roseburg, Oregon, I feel compelled to write about the massacre perpetrated at Umpqua Community College by a well-armed shooter.
Although the act was horrible and will continue to resonate internationally, Roseburg has pulled together impressively.
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FARM DOLLARS HAVE A BIG LOCAL IMPACT — OPINION (Herald and News)
-Their value ‘doubles’ on way through the Basin-
Most of Klamath Countys 65,455 people don’t live on farms or ranches, dont deal with livestock and crops up close, and don’t have to fret daily about the weather and the water.
When they turn on the faucet, the waters always there.
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MALLAMS IS RIGHT IN FIGHT WITH STATE — GUEST OPINION (Herald and News)
County Commissioner Tom Mallams should be congratulated for his leadership in opposing the Oregon Water Resources Departments OWRD heavy-handed and arguably unauthorized regulation of irrigation wells, by administrative fiat.
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LOOK FOR ROAD WORK ON HIGHWAY 395 (Hermiston Herald)
ODOT will soon begin a short-term project preparing for permanent improvements next year at the U.S. 395 and Elm Avenue intersection.
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SECESSION IDEA IS INTERESTING — OPINION (LaGrande Observer)
Every couple of years talk and plans about an effort to create a secession movement in the region surfaces. Now another new effort lauded by La Grande resident Ken Parsons appears to be ready to gather some steam.
The plan, as Parsons explained in a recent story in this newspaper, would be for the rural areas of Oregon, everything east of the Cascades and Eastern Washington, to secede and become part of Idaho.
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GOV. KATE BROWN HEADS TO HONG KONG, CHINA AND JAPAN FOR FIRST TRADE MISSION (Willamette Week)
Gov. Kate Brown is headed to Hong Kong, China and Japan on Sunday for her first trade mission since taking office Feb. 18.
Oregon governors have long marketed the state in Asia and Brown’s spokeswoman says this is opportunity to bolster Oregon’s economy.
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OREGON’S FIRST WEEK OF RECREATIONAL POT SALES TOPS $11 MILLION (KGW)
After just one week of recreational marijuana sales, Oregon dispensaries have raked in an estimated $11 million.
That figure could mean the state’s estimate is shockingly low for how much money it’ll make when pot taxes kick in this January.
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COMMON RESPONSE AFTER KILLINGS IN OREGON: I WANT TO HAVE A GUN (New York Times)
A week has passed since J. J. Vicari huddled underneath a desk while gunshots exploded in the classroom next door. Now he is thinking about guns. Not about tightening gun laws, as President Obama urged after nine people were killed at the community college here. But about buying one for himself.
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