Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned her post as secretary of state just five days after a story in Willamette Week touched off an avalanche of reporting about her work as a consultant for an embattled cannabis company. It was an unlikely end for a politician who was considered a rising star and a potential future governor or U.S. senator.
A candidate for the Portland school board says an anti-abortion nonprofit listed him as an advisory board member without his permission from 2020 up until a few days ago, when the group’s website suddenly went dark.
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