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Hundreds tell Oregon lawmakers about issues with Measure 110 | Health

Oregonians who packed a legislative hearing on the state’s addiction crisis and flooded the Legislature with passionate testimony have vastly different viewpoints, but on one thing they agree: The status ....

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Oregon House Republicans call for Measure 110 changes

Oregon House Republicans called for the state’s Democratic leaders to make several changes to Measure 110, the state’s drug decriminalization law. ....

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Oregon man sentenced to 3 years in Idaho for hate crimes

Victims filled a federal courtroom Thursday afternoon to see an Oregon man sentenced to three years in prison in a federal anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime case. ....

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Trial over gun control laws ends in Harney County | State

A six-day trial over the constitutionality of recently approved Oregon gun laws ended Monday after lawyers for the state Department of Justice ended three days of tense testimony. ....

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Supreme Court hears arguments in public defense case

The Oregon Supreme Court has been thrust into a continuing dispute over the shortage of lawyers available to represent indigent people accused of crimes. ....

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