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Oregon Passes Statewide Rent Control
Summary of the bill and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Oregon bottle recycling rate hits record-high
Oregonians recycled 2 billion glass bottles last year through its bottle deposit system, more than ever before. Recycling through the system reached a record-high rate of 90 percent in 2018, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Monday. The 2018 rate marks a 26 point jump from just two years earlier, according to the report.
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Office Tour: Simple Office Expansion – Portland
Hacker has continued a sense of home for Simple in their recently completed office expansion, an online banking company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Like the design for phase one of the TI for…
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Psilocybin for the Masses: Oregon Considering Legalizing Mushrooms
Voters in Oregon could decriminalize “magic mushrooms” in 2020, joining California and Denver, Colorado in their efforts to make the psychedelic fungus more easily available for medicinal research and treatment. Currently, psychedelic mushrooms, which contain the active compound psilocybin, are classified as a Schedule I drug by the FDA, the same category as heroin and cocaine. Possession is a felony nationwide.
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Forget legal weed. Oregon is one step closer to legalizing psychedelic mushrooms
Oregon's Secretary of State has just approved language for a potential ballot initiative that would legalize psychedelic mushrooms. Now organizers need to get 117,578 signatures to actually put their initiative on the ballot. If they get the requisite number of signatures, Oregonians could vote on the decriminalization of psilocybins, or magic mushrooms, in the 2020 general election.
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Oregon marijuana prices plunge – and sales soar
Rampant overproduction in Oregon’s market for legal, recreational marijuana has produced a 50 percent decline in prices, according to state economists. That widely documented collapse has been hard on farmers and retailers – but a boon for consumers. A new state analysis finds the price collapse sparked a big uptick in marijuana purchases – and a corresponding increase in associated tax revenue.
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Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ arrested for allegedly killing her husband
Life has apparently imitated art for one romance writer. In a twist of irony so devious it would have turned Agatha Christie green with envy, Oregon chef Daniel Brophy was found shot to death nearly seven years after his wife of 27 years penned an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband." Nancy Crampton-Brophy, the writer of sensuous mysteries such as "Hell on the Heart" and "The Wrong Husband," was arrested for murder on Sept. 5 – more than three months after the death of her spouse.
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Labrador saves man from 50-year sentence
A man from Oregon has been freed from a 50-year jail term after his case unravelled following the discovery of a labrador dog he allegedly killed. Joshua Horner, 42, was convicted in 2017 for alleged child sexual abuse. The complainant in the case had said Mr Horner shot the labrador in front of her in order to deter her from reporting his crimes to the police. But the dog was discovered alive living with new owners by the Oregon Innocence Project, who were reviewing his case.
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Oregon domestic terrorism suspect captured after 12 years on the run
A man accused of domestic terrorism in Oregon, Washington and California has been captured after fleeing the United States nearly 13 years ago. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced the capture of Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, 50, of Seattle. He made an appearance in federal court in Portland on Friday and pleaded not guilty.
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Deputy uses Narcan to save K-9 exposed to heroin
An Oregon sheriff's deputy used an overdose-fighting drug to save a police dog that was exposed to heroin at a county jail. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says a deputy and his K-9 partner Abbie were searching for contraband Tuesday night when the dog detected heroin in a container. The container spilled and Abbie began exhibiting signs of drug exposure, including rapid blinking and head shaking.
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Portland prepares for right-wing, anti-fascist rallies
Portland, Oregon, is bracing for what could be another round of violent clashes between a right-wing group and self-described anti-fascist counter-protesters who have pledged to keep Patriot Prayer and other affiliated groups out of this ultra-liberal city. A rally organized Saturday by Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson was expected to be the third to roil Portland this summer. Two previous events ended in bloody fistfights and riots, and one counter-protester was sent to the hospital with a skull fracture.
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How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon
The medical marijuana market is in a downward spiral as businesses, lured by big money, shift to recreational.
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Comcast installed Wi-Fi gear without approval—and this city is not happy
Comcast recently installed Wi-Fi equipment in public rights of way without permits in the city of Corvallis, Oregon. But instead of settling the matter locally, a cable lobby group that represents Comcast told the Federal Communications Commission that it should override municipal permitting processes such as the one in Corvallis. In doing so, the cable lobby group made "misleading and inaccurate" allegations about what actually happened in the Comcast/Corvallis dispute, according to city officials.
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Oregon woman finds cougar in living room, says telepathy helped her get it out
An Oregon woman who found a mountain lion in her living room says she relied on "frequency and attunement," "feline-speak eye blinking," and telepathy to calm the animal and safely guide it out after it took a six-hour nap behind the couch. "This is wild," Lauren Taylor of Ashland posted on Facebook at the beginning of July.
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Pardoned Oregon rancher to focus on putting God in public schools
Last year, Western land activists and other conservatives had been lobbying President Donald Trump to pardon rancher Cliven Bundy, who in 2014 had engaged in an armed standoff with federal officials trying to confiscate his cattle that were trespassing on public property. But earlier this year, a federal judge dropped all the charges against Bundy thanks to misconduct by prosecutors, and there was no longer any need for Trump to pardon him. So Trump last week did the next best thing...
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Motorcyclist dies after striking bear, hit by another car on Hwy 26
Oregon State Police and other emergency personnel responded to a multi-vehicle accident on Saturday night that killed one person and was reportedly caused by a bear. The crash took place near milepost 80 on Hwy 26 in Warm Springs. Preliminary investigations reveal that a motorcycle that was being ridden by Rhett Larsen, 39, was traveling east when a large bear ran into his path. Unable to avoid it, he struck the bear, killing the animal.
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High school principal resigns after LGBTQ students were forced to read the Bible as punishment
An Oregon principal has resigned after a months-long investigation into how the high school under his leadership discriminated against LGBTQ students, including forcing them to read the Bible as punishment. When Liv Funk and Hailey Smith, two female students at North Bend High School in Coos County, began dating, they started to face discrimination — and even threats to their safety — from students and staff alike. For example, one teacher equated homosexuality with bestiality, and the school’s police officer told the young couple they were going to hell.
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Student with Down syndrome first to graduate college in four years in Oregon
A student just made history after becoming the first student with Down syndrome to complete four years of college in Oregon. KATU got the chance to meet Cody Sullivan this week, fresh off his graduation ceremony. Sullivan graduated from Concordia University.
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Deer in Oregon are walking around with arrows in their bodies. Police want to know who did this
The deer's wounds don't appear to be life-threatening. Still a reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.
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Oregon Grew More Cannabis Than Customers Can Smoke. Now Shops and Farmers Are Left With Mountains of Unwanted Bud.
A recent Sunday afternoon at the Bridge City Collective cannabis shop in North Portland saw a steady flow of customers. Little wonder: A gram of weed was selling for less than the price of a glass of wine. The $4 and $5 grams enticed Scotty Saunders, a 24-year-old sporting a gray hoodie, to spend $88 picking out new products to try with a friend. "We've definitely seen a huge drop in prices," he says.
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