Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday
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Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday
August 30, 2024The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging its anti-homeless laws violate the state constitution
August 01, 2024Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, says it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs
June 03, 2024Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after running a campaign in which he vowed to be tough on crime
May 22, 2024A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime is leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that is seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder
May 21, 2024Texas officials say power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and killed at least four people
May 17, 2024An Oregon sports bar focusing on and showing only women's athletics has plans to expand across the country through a franchise model
April 27, 2024Idaho families with transgender children are desperately scrambling for solutions as a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors has taken effect
April 16, 2024The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
April 14, 2024Momentum is building in a major case regarding homeless encampments that's before the U.S. Supreme Court
March 05, 2024Facing a housing shortage, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would tweak the state's pioneering land use law
February 25, 2024A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers are working to boost funding for jails to provide medication used to treat opioid addiction
February 22, 2024An attorney representing passengers of an Alaska Airlines flight that lost a door plug in midair says a “whistling sound” was heard on a previous flight of the same Boeing 737 Max 9
February 08, 2024The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection
February 01, 2024An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled will relaunch its print edition next month
January 28, 2024Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
January 23, 2024Two weeks of storms in the U.S. have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix
January 19, 2024The Pacific Northwest is bracing for more hazardous winter weather after a weekend storm that resulted in at least seven deaths
January 16, 2024A police accountability law in Washington state is in the spotlight after three police officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis
December 23, 2023Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record
December 20, 2023A pair of rare Nike sneakers donated to an Oregon homeless shelter in Portland sold for nearly $51,000 at auction on Monday
December 18, 2023A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature to be allowed on the ballot after their terms end
December 15, 2023An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit has been released from jail pending trial, after an Oregon judge approved it with conditions that include keeping away from aircraft
December 07, 2023Authorities in Oregon are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest
December 06, 2023An Oregon judge has ruled that a voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution
November 21, 2023