• about-climate-change
• about-Portland-General-Electric
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Written by ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press

Published: 28 April 2023

(AP Photo/Sam Hodde) 

PGE announced that it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm the planet

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Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press

Published: 28 April 2023

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Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states — particularly California, which also has a vast oversupply — for the export market if marijuana is ever legalized nationally.

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Written by CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America

Published: 26 April 2023

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For most of her life, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. Six years ago she moved to Oregon, where she had readier access to the gender-affirming health care she needed to live as her authentic self.

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Written by LISA BAUMANN and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press

Published: 26 April 2023

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Opposing groups sued in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, saying the law violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

• about-eviction
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• Saundra Sorenson
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Written by Saundra Sorenson

Published: 25 April 2023

 

Critics object to the way the program would be financed.

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• albina
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• 1803 Fund
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• Ron Herndon
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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 25 April 2023

Rukaiyah Adams will lead the 1803 Fund. 

Investments in Portland’s historic Black community will be managed by the newly established 1803 Fund, headed by Rukaiyah Adams

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• about-abortion-bans
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Written by Associated Press

Published: 21 April 2023

Gov. Tina Kotek 

The Democratic governor said regardless of the court’s decision about mifepristone’s availability, patients in Oregon will have access to it for years.

• about-marijuana
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Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

Published: 20 April 2023

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) 

Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of smoke at music festivals, celebrate with all-you-can-deals on munchies, and take advantage of pot-shop discounts in legal weed states.

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Written by LISA BAUMANN Associated Press

Published: 20 April 2023

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The high-powered firearms — once banned nationwide — are now the weapon of choice among young men responsible for most of the country’s devastating mass shootings.

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Written by GENE JOHNSON, ANDREW SELSKY and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press

Published: 19 April 2023

Joy Panyanouvong of Doc & Yeti Urban Farms, a licensed cannabis producer, trims marijuana plants in Tumwater, Wash., on March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Johnson) 

Legal marijuana growers along the West Coast are struggling with oversupply, low prices and limited outlets for selling their product.